We will miss you Grandpa

I am sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. Aside from it being a hectic summer, it has been an emotional one for my whole family.
At the end of June Jeff's Grandpa came down with Herpes Encephalitis. We all have the Herpes Virus in out bodies. What happened with Grandpa Gray is that it went up into his brain, instead of coming out in the form of cold sore. He went from an active, smart, 76 year old to non responsive in just 2 days.
As a family we have fasted and prayed our hearts out that he would recover and come back to us. All you can do in times like these is pray and have faith that the lord will make the best decision.
A few weeks ago before the virus completely took over his brain he was able to open his eyes, smile and let us know that he knew we were there. Unfortunately he did not continue progressing. We continued praying that he would be able to fight this and come back to us, but all felt that it was time for him to move on. It has been so hard to see him like this, and we know that it is not what he wants from his life.
We went to visit him last night to tell him goodbye. As hard as it was, you knew that it was the right thing seeing the state that he is in. I am so glad that we were able to see him one more time before he past away.
This morning at 6, Grandpa Gray past on to a better place. I can't help but think about what a reunion he is having with his family up in heaven, but my heart breaks for his family. We have all truly lost an amazing person, who has always been an amazing example to everyone he comes in contact with.
It's kind of a weird place to be put in when a spouse loses a grandparent. I feel like I am not supposed to be mourning as much as I am because he was not my Grandpa by blood, but the 3 and a half years I knew him, it felt like he was. My heart aches, and I miss him. He was always so eager to see me and tell me how good it was to see him. I will miss him so much and I know with all my heart that we will see him again and that Addy will be able to get to know her grandpa. I also know that he is up there protecting my future children and teaching them. I want to dedicate this to an amazing man. He loved his family with all of his heart and loved the gospel and lived by it every day. He was always so happy and so positive, and I am going to miss going to Ogden to visit him. I am also going to miss Jeff coming home and telling me how much he "almost" beat his grandpa by when they played Golf. I know that we are mourning here on earth, but that the heavens are rejoicing that they have their brother, son, uncle, father, and grandpa back. We will miss you Grandpa Gray and can't wait till we are reunited.
We Love YOU!!!