I didn't recognize you with your shoes on.

Here is another...."if you know me, then you know this".....I rarely have shoes on. The King and I have been married for 19 years...and I almost always take my shoes off when we go into somebody's house. So....I always take my shoes off when we go to Grandmomma and PawPaw's house. PawPaw Charlie has never gotten used to my naked feet. But that's OK...I still take my shoes off. The last time that we were there that PawPaw was able to get around and join us, I hadn't taken my shoes off yet. My back was to him and when I turned around....he said, "Oh...Tammi! I didn't recognize you with your shoes on!". I just hugged him and said, "Oh PawPaw! Yes you did!". So fast forward a few months. PawPaw Charlie is not going to be with us for too much longer. Soon, he will be getting his wings. It will be his turn to meet up those that already have their wings, and to watch over those of us that have yet to earn our wings. I will miss PawPaw Charlie. Besides my bare feet...my favorite story is about my fireplace mantle. When we moved into our house, there was a stone fireplace in the living room. The people before us had a gun rack hanging above the fireplace. (I swear, they really did.) So, I asked PawPaw if he would make me a nice mantle for my birthday. So, he came over and measured and got some of my ideas and went home and got to work. A few weeks later , my mantle was ready. Now, I have to tell you, that we hadn't had Wyatt yet. Our little family was just me, the King and Ben. Well, when PawPaw came over to put my mantle up, he had put pegs in it for us to hang our Christmas stockings from. There were FOUR pegs on the mantle. It wasn't too long after my mantle was hung that we found out that Wyatt was on the way. I'm not sure how the four pegs came to be or even why he decided to put pegs in it at all....it wasn't something that we talked about, but I'm glad that he thought of it, and I'm glad that he put four pegs and not five or six! So, to PawPaw Charlie....enjoy your journey and your new found freedom....I am almost positive that I will never have to wear shoes in Heaven. xoxox