Four Weddings and A Funeral

Posted by Liana at 7:11 PM

It's a sad day today.

Two weeks ago Mike and I made the trip to Florida with his family to attend his Grandmother's funeral. They put together a wonderful tribute to her and while it was a sad time, everyone was sure of her being ready and in a better place now. For me and his brother's fiance, it was the first time for us to meet relatives on his dad's side.

This morning we received the sad and surprising news that his Grandfather passed away (on his mom's side). Within two weeks time both of Mike's two remaining grandparents passed. I know how much he wanted to go up and visit after our visit to FL so this came as hard news. To be completely honest I'm at a loss for words here.

With that, I'll share some overdue photos that I took two weeks ago at his Grandmother's funeral in FL. The first time I took photos at a funeral (I was requested to by family) I felt really awkward and that it was inappropriate. What I realized after though is how much the family REALLY cherished those images and how healing it is to have the photographs to look back on.

Mike was a pallbearer with a lot of his cousins


Outside the church


At the burial



Four weddings and a funeral does not stop here this year. While it's with great sadness we may be attending another funeral, it's with Joy we look forward to two more unions this year (both his friends and mine getting married in the next two months!)