Shoop family: Utah part 5, Sunday morning and goodbyes

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Utah part 5, Sunday morning and goodbyes

Sunday morning, Stewart Kearney's family invited us down to watch conference with them and for some yummy waffles and homemade syrup. We went and picked up J.C. from his uncle's house and he came with us. Kearney and Price were companions in the MTC and went home at the same time. I have been facebook friends with Kearney's mom and was excited to meet her! He has such a nice family!

I thought I held it together pretty good.. I didn't even cry, but all I could think about was that after this we are saying goodbye to Melissa.

We then drove back to Logan to meet J.C's mom. I barely made it out of his house when I started crying..Ray said a family prayer for us and then we hugged J.C. and Melissa goodbye. And then Melissa drove to her new home in Provo.

I can't even start to explain my mix of emotions. Of course I bawled! We all did, Melissa did pretty good, but when Keagan started crying she had a hard time.
As we were leaving, I kept thinking about Ray holding her right after she was born and being so excited about having her! He got lost in the hospital, trying to find my family to share the good news because he was so excited. I thought of that song, "You're going to miss this" by Trace Adkins. (this song has always made me cry, but now especially)

I don't think anything ever prepares you for this. All your parenthood is talked about being a good mom/parent and then it goes by so fast (like everyone says) and is wonderful and then you have to let them go. I cried more for the fact that our life will never really be the same, we are now a family of 3 at home. I'm so grateful for forever families!! I love having her around. She is fun to be around, smart, sassy, and funny! (I miss her friends, too!) BUT I absolutely know that this is best for her. She needs to be around young people like herself that have strong values and standards. I know she is going to have fun! I remember her age as being so fun and having some of my best memories!

This quote from Sis. Hinckley has been running through my head. So I'm trying to laugh and I'm getting better at it... I'm tired of having a headache!
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