Grandpa Stonestreet

This morning at 4:30am, my grandfather (Dads Dad) passed away. Out of anyone in the world, he was the most respected and honored man in my life. The wisdom, love, and stern gentle judgement of my life has been more than a blessing. I can’t describe how meaningful it was to have him in my life, to come from his line, and for him to be a father to me.

His handshake was the best. The look in his eye when I walked in the room. The pure joy of being in the presence of the Lord. I will always remember the times while my brother would play the piano and sing, and Grandpa would raise his hands high in complete reverence and joy to God. An image that will stay with me forever.

Monday (Visitation) and Tuesday (Funeral) will be a beautiful time of celebration of his life. He will be greatly missed, but he did what God had for him to do, with all his might, with much faith, and great love.

Thank you, Grandpa, for what you have meant to me, and for what you have given. Rest in peace, Sir.

Here’s a photo from old times. He was a serious stud. ha (My dad, Greg, is the one holding my cousin, Joanna – who is now 32)…

new website/blog design!

So some awesome things are coming for me here soon. 

One in particular, I am getting a new website/blog design…

My friend Joel Goodman is designing a site for me (for an amazing price!), my blog, future business site, and other links as well… I am super excited!

Keep checking back here for the new design (and hopefully you will check more then just to see the design :))!!

-stephen 

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As for today and the funeral, it was one of the most sad things I’ve been too. 

The whole room was weeping; it was as if the floor was being filled with tears, and the thought of the life he lived, and that life that was lost, and all the people he loved dearly, was broken. 

I didn’t breath most of the time. The weeping was all you could hear, with a dead silence that was heart wrenching.

The room was filled with so many people, though! There had to be at least a hundred to two hundred people standing, and 2 hundred sitting… It was packed, you couldn’t even walk. 

That kid had a lot of people who loved him dearly, I’ve never seen so many people, and so many tears, in my life.