9

September

Closure

I was able to get some closure today.  It was Bennet’s funeral this morning.  Ever since we arrived last night, the Rust family has accepted us in.  While we are family, we are the great nephew with the wife who married into the family.  Not all families would be so welcoming to the extended family like they are/were.  While I don’t want to take anything away from Bennet, it was also a way for me to have a bit more closure for Grandpa.  I wasn’t able to make it to his funeral last July since I was so pregnant with Warren and already having complications.  The service at the church was a nice one.  The sermon wasn’t quite what I would expect at a funeral, but it is what the family wanted (I am assuming here).  We did make it out to the cemetery for the interment.  Bennet was buried with full military honors, which included gun salute and taps being played.  I totally lost it with taps.  I was immediately remembering Shane’s funeral.  We went back to the church for lunch and had a nice visit with various members of Robert’s family.  It was an unfortunate circumstance that brought everyone together, but it was a good visit and a great chance to meet more of the Rust clan.  Once we left the church, we went out to the cemetery where Grandpa is buried.  We easily found his grave.  I was able to have a few moments on my own to talk to him and say my goodbyes.  It was so nice to be able to do that.  I feel like I am no longer missing that final piece.  As I was walking back to the car, I noticed a headstone a few over that said Hyer (Grandma’s maiden name).  I walked over to check it out, and sure enough, it was my great-grandparents.  I took a moment to think about them.  I am so glad that we named our son Warren.  I hadn’t realized that it was a family name when I picked it, but it has so much more meaning now.

On the way home, I told Robert that I felt like this provided the closure I needed.  I am so blessed to have the husband I do.  He then told me that he really wanted to come for the funeral hoping to provide me with some closure with Grandpa.  Such an awesome man I have.  :)

The drive home went really well.  We stopped in St. Joseph so I could get a little bit of a snack since lunch wasn’t much.  Laura and I both made a potty stop there as well.  Warren stayed in his car seat the entire time.  He started getting fussy by the time we hit the Twin Cities, but crackers held of a total meltdown.  He was more than happy to get out and walk all around the house again!


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