Dear Grandkids,
India. I was in India.
Long before I started writing these Pop Pop Epistles, a thing happened that has in many ways framed the last 10 years of my life. Mostly because I am alive to write this. It happened 10 years ago today. Nona and I and Scott and Tucker (before they were married) went to visit Christy and Chad who were serving in India at the time. We had an awesome trip planned, that included time in India as well as Thailand, but things did not turn out in any way shape or form as we had planned things out. I will refer you to the following three blog posts to give you the details rather than re-writing what has already been chronicled. The first post was written by Christy. The other two were written by me.
You have no doubt heard us reference “the accident” over the years. This will help you better understand what happened and why it has shaped our lives so significantly. Suffice it to say that if the Lord had not been our Protector then many of you would not even be around to read this.
We are very grateful that we have had these years to be your Nona and Pop Pop and Lord willing are looking forward to many many more. Here is one major takeaway that I will leave you with:
Live your life in such a way that you will have stories to tell but never ever take the life you have been given for granted.
And never forget that you are very loved,
Pop Pop