In the midst of that loss the first half of the year was filled with travels back and forth to see Scot's dad up until he passed on May 16th. Our losing the family patriarch was so very hard. He was the glue that held the family together. He was the reason for every family gathering. His grandchildren and great grand children loved him dearly. To us he was the world. There's not a day that goes by that his presence isn't missed deeply but his suffering is no more. He's with Jesus and feeling no pain in his body for the first time in nearly 50 years of his life.
Not too long after we lost Pop I lost my Aunt Joyce to lewy body dementia. She had suffered a lot the last year of her life. No one should have to go through that kind of suffering. I just hope that she's in heaven with Jesus. I don't know if she ever made a salvation confession. I can only hope and pray that she did.
The good that came out of this year was that it was such a huge growth year for Tim in olympic weightlifting. He won gold at his gyms weightlifting meet early on. Then he came in 4th at Nationals in June. For his first time at Nationals with Olympic Weightlifting that was a very huge placement for Tim. He closes out the year having won gold at our States (WSO) Weightlifting Meet. He won gold in his -61kg weight division for the youth male division, gold in the Junior male division (because his lifts qualified him for it) and gold in the open male division (because his lifts qualified him for it). Then he also was awarded the Best Male Youth Weightlifter plaque as well. He swept up at States (WSO) this year. With just being a little over a year into this sport these wins were so huge for Tim. He's looking forward to 2025 now and wants to make his last year in youth a bang up year. We love seeing Tim so happy in what he's doing. The only sadness is that Pop is no longer with us for Tim to share all this with. Pop was such huge supporter of all that Tim was doing in the sports he was competing in - 1st TaeKwonDo then Olympic Weightlifting. This was the best change Tim ever made when it comes to sports. He looks the healthiest we've ever seen him. His olympic dream has not changed just the path to get there has and that is ok. Just because you start out with one path in mind to get where you want to go doesn't mean you have to stay on that path. Paths can change as long as the dream you are going after stays the same. Tim stands a better chance of getting to the Olympics in the sport he's doing now than he ever did in the one he was doing before.
So many folks are just glad to say goodbye to this year. For some it's been a rough year and for others it's been a good year. We've had a little of both this year. Tim's accomplishments have been the silver lining in all the heartbreak that this year brought to our family with the loses we've had. God has been good to us though. He's always watching over us in all the circumstances of life and we are so incredibly thankful for His presence in our lives. That's how we will go into next year too - Thankful to God for His many blessings in our lives, thankful to God for His hand on our lives and thankful to God for all that He's yet to do in our lives. We love Him so much and are so glad that He's at the center of our family. So....
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