The funeral for "Joe" Ron's Dad was an amazing tribute to an amazing man! Ron had some rough days, but he too is amazing to me. He has been experiencing some significant amount of pain lately, but he just kept on "pushing" through it all and did what needed to be done to honor his dad. And I must say he did a fantastic job. Ron spoke at the funeral representing his siblings, and it was done so well, I know his Dad would have been so proud!
This is Ron at the start of the Viewing on Friday evening. It was a long night for Ron but like I said he just kept on going. It was attended by many and was a great show of how loved Joe was.
Chase and Kaylee
Logan and Lauren
Lindsey and Ron
The guest book was filled!!!
We were so happy that Logan and Lauren were able to come join us from Arizona! The grand-kids were also very excited to see them and they made that very clear! Lauren has become part of the family very fast! She fits right in and we are so glad that she was able to be there for our Logan!
Chase, Kaylee, Lindsey & Maggie
The girlies always make things better!!!
Ron had all kinds of Love and support. Saying goodbye to his dad was a very hard thing to do!
Joe's 9 grandsons were the Pallbearers it was a true honor to carrier their grandpa.
Because Joe was a WWII Vet, he was given the full military honors. It was a really neat thing to be a part of. He was a prisoner of war, captured in "The Battle of the Bulge" and received the purple heart for being wounded in battle. He went through a lot in his life time.
Ron and his siblings: Craig, Neil, Janice, Sandra, Mark & Ron
These are the four brothers to Joe -- Linford, Mervin, Gordon, Harold. These are four of the most wonderful men I know. What wonderful examples for all the grand-kids to follow! We love them very much, and so thankful for them and all they do.
Emma and Grace paying tribute to great-grandpa
Logan
Lindsey & Preston and their family
The Ron & Lori Beckstrand family
We Love our family so much and are so thankful for all the love and support that our children and their spouses, have shown Ron and I. We are so very BLESSED!!!
When the funeral was over we had a very nice lunch put on by the Relief Society of Joe's ward. It was so yummy and so nice to be able to sit and visit with many family members. One of Ron's cousin Don Beckstrand has always been very close to Ron and has been there for Ron through it all!
It is now Monday evening of October 28th. We spent part of the day today at the Huntsman seeing doctors about Ron's pain. We were told there was a possibility that they could do some radiation on him to help stop or slow down some of the pain. But the answer was no. Sadly the location of the pain is not in a place that the radiation would be effective. So we will continue to "try" to keep it under control with pain meds, and hope, that the pain will not get out of hand like it did last week.
So this is the beginning of the week. We have one more to go before Ron's MRI. We will continue to pray that when he goes in for that MRI that the results are CLEAR!!!! If he can make it through 3 months without any tumors in his brain, he will be able to qualify for this new trial drug that has had a lot of promise! So we will have a fun week with lots of prayers!!! Halloween is Thursday and we are planning on having lots of candy for all the cute kids who come "Trick-or Treating." Should be a fun night! If Ron feels up to it we may have to drive to Payson to see some cute spooks of our own!!! Our cute girlies we may need a grand-daughter fix! They always make us smile!!!
I have a book that I have come to love by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, I think I love all the books by him, but this one in particular is called "For Times of Trouble" it has so many wonderful things in it. On the back of the book he says this, "Yes, there will be stress and sorrow in life, and we will not always get the answer from heaven we prefer, but God will always give us the answer we need--and with it He will give both strength and spiritual solace in all our times of trouble."
I really feel that we have received every answer that we have been looking for. We know that the Lord is always blessing our lives. And we truly feel blessed in all that has happened to us! Even though it may be in "Times of Trouble" we are never left alone!
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
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