Were Back From PA

We arrived back in Texas yesterday afternoon…it was a long 23 hour drive there and back; but very much worth it! I am so glad that I could get Zach to go, I feel this is something that he really needed as well as his family to all be together during this difficult time. The viewing and the service was beautiful…Poppee looked amazing. He was a very known man in the little town he lived in, the whole fire department was there as well as the veteran affairs that lived in town. The firemen were the pallbearers, as well as lead him in the precession to the church and cemetery-and it ended with a 21 gun salute. Poppee was greatly loved and he will be tremendously missed. I only knew him for a short 5 years, but he touched my heart in those short years and I will never forget the many 'big' hugs he gave me. Poppee was the type of man who never asked for anything, he would give anyone the shirt off his back, he was the man who helped anyone in town, however he never wanted anything in return. Well this past weekend was all about Poppee—although he might have been looking down from Heaven wishing everyone wasn’t making such a “fuss for him”…I believe this was a way that everyone could tell him ‘thank you’ for being a great friend, a great dad, and a great Poppee…

Zach and his family held up so/so…it was a very emotional couple days. Very sad, but very happy and amazed to see so many people showed up to celebrate the life that Poppee shared. There is still heartache in there hearts, and Poppee will never be forgotten--he was a great man and I am blessed that I had the chance to get to know the man that touched so many hearts!!

Thank you to everyone for the prayers for Zach and his family!


(Pifer Life will not be up this week—however my family needs a couple specific prayers—

I found out on my home from our trip to PA that my Dad collapsed/fell in the front yard (he doesn’t know if he fell and just got shook up or if he collapsed as he doesn’t remember the initial fall…) his chest started hurting and his arms were sore so they took him to the ER, he had many test run for several things, and 2 run on his heart to see if he had a heart attack—those test came back negative…he is supposed to get a stress test soon to see if he has any blockage to his heart. He is at home and sore from the fall, he thinks the soreness came due to his fall and nothing is wrong with his heart, however I personally want him to get checked out just to see…please keep him in your prayers that nothing major is wrong.

Also, my Mom had to go Thursday for an x-ray on her brain. Earlier in the year she had her 2nd brain aneurysm successfully coiled…however she has been having some strange things happen, her memory, vision and just overall ability to do regular things has felt hard to accomplish. So she went in Thursday and her Dr. stated that the aneurysm looks as if it has moved (not good…this could be positioned on a nerve which is causing all of her symptoms)…they have several test they need to run, as well as a couple MRI’s. Please keep her in your prayers.

It’s just been one thing after another, my emotions are shot--I will keep you updated on both my mom and my dad—thanks for praying)