Frosty Bland...Husband...Father...Grandpa...Great Grandpa...Great Great Grandpa

Tonight I heard the news of Grandpa's death, and although a very difficult news to hear, it was somewhat relieving to know that Grandpa was finally at peace.  No longer in his old mortal body, chained down by his dementia and physical pains and discomforts.  I would love to have grandpa with us still, but I know that he is at peace now.  I know that he is with his loved ones that have before him passed away.  He was the best man I ever knew, he was my most favorite man in the whole world.  I hated seeing him lose his memory and I hated seeing him go live so far away from me.  I'm so glad he got to spend his last days in Indiana with Pat and Randy's family.  I know he was in the right place and I know he was taken care of.  

I need memories, lots and lots of memories to be written and shared here.  I would love to hear them, please, for some reason my mind can not focus on one memory, just smiles, dances, feelings.  Please share your memories of Grandpa with me so that I may have my memories jogged, or just some really great memories of Grandpa that I will be able to picture in my mind.  I love you all, so so much.  

I love you Grandpa, God be with you till we meet again.

Love,

Kim

 

 

 

I'm sure there will be many random pictures put on this blog, but let me begin. :) I don't have a good picture of Grandma and Grandpa's famous rocking chair, this was the best I could find. I'm sure someone else has a better one, but this is a chair that many of us have loved and have had the chance to sit in as children. I have a picture of me sitting in it as a small child, and it was fun to see Kelli sitting in it as well. If only they made rocking chairs like that now-a-days. We must have had a girls visit to Grandma and Grandpa here in the next picture at their home in Canby. Fun times! The last picture is a Christmas morning picture where Grandma and Grandpa got some sweats. How cute are they?

Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas Card 2010

A Tribute to Frosty and Helen Bland

I was lying in bed last night, unable to sleep when floods of memories of grandma and grandpa started pouring through my head. Tears began to fall, not sad tears, but tears of joy and love. I love them so much and always loved and enjoyed being with them. I wanted to create something that would allow us all to share our memories, pictures, and stories of them so that we would never forget, so that our memories would always be sharp, and so we can share what we experienced with them with generations to come. I hope you join me on this journey of their life and help me tell their story.