Papaw Leckie

Today our family is experiencing a great loss.

It started yesterday, we got news that Papaw Leckie (Billy Wayne Leckie) slipped into a coma during the night. Tim's parents and the other brothers that live here in DFW immediately started to gather. Timothy decided after work that he had to go and worked it out at work to miss today and the next if needed. I helped him pack and sent him on his way. They got to the nursing home pretty late where Papaw has been staying and got to see him. He wasn't awake so they watched him sleep.

As soon as we woke up today Papaw left to be with Jesus at 6 am. When Tim called me I didn't really react. I was expecting it because they were telling us he wouldn't live long in the coma but it was still a shock. I went through today with up and down emotions. I didn't want to talk to anybody but that just isn't possible when you work in customer service. I spent the day figuring out my schedule at work and how much time I would miss.

I realized tonight that me being distant from family is actually helping me in my mourning. I'm able to remember all the moments I had with Papaw without anyone to talk to about him. I've had to have the conversations on my own.  My years with him aren't as long as the rest of the family but from the first day I met him he left an impression on me. He was quiet but made me laugh. He would say things under his breath and me and Tim would just sit there and giggle. He welcomed me into his family and I immediately felt like one of his grandkids. He loved TJ and would let TJ play cars on his lap, he would even let him crash the cars while playing on his lap. I'm proud that TJ carries on the Wayne name.

I'm sad Anna won't get to meet him but happy he isn't in any more pain. Love you Papaw and I'll miss you.

Accomplishments

Wow.

The last few weekend have been so productive. Tim and I have really pulled together to get a bunch of stuff done. The plan is to move the guest room into the office and make the current guest room into Anna's room. This will make the kids room right across from each other. Lots to do to get this accomplished.

• Office closet cleaned out and purged
• Office cleaned and purged
• Office cleared out
• Guest room closet cleared out
• Organize guest room closet items into totes and into attic
• Clean and organize garage for office items we aren't getting rid of
• Guest room set up in its new home
• Carper taken out of Anna's room
• Dresser painted
• New flooring installed
• Chair rail installed
• Decorations
• Set up Anna's room
• New lighting
• Go through TJ and Nate's clothes and see what is unisex that Anna can use

The list is moving right along. I'm hoping to get the dresser painted this week and the flooring is going in this weekend. Yah! Moving right along. We also have the pictures for the walls picked out and the light fixture picked out. I'm so excited to be moving along in the preparations. I was pretty overwelmed when I wrote my last post in May

The Name

The name Anna is a name I picked out years ago. Wow, I don't even remember when. I'm thinking it was about a year before Tim and I got married. I found out how much Anna was a family name.

Tim had already told me that if we got married he would want his son to be named Timothy Wayne Leckie Jr. So we could have a 1st Timothy and 2nd Timothy.

I immediately started to think of girls names....


Anna Katelynn

Anna was the name of both my dad's grandmothers. Anna Schlueter and Anna Dettmann. Anna also comes from the Leckie/ Hughes side of the family. Tim's grandmother's name was Anna Belle and later changed her name to Annabelle. Definitely a family name.

Anna is a prophetess, Anna is Grace, Anna is merciful, and Anna is Favor.

Now Katelynn we picked because Katelynn is the name I would want mine to be if it was a long name. The spelling of the "Lynn" is how my sister spells her middle name. Katelynn means pure.

So our Anna Katelynn will be a graceful, merciful and pure. AMEN