It is time.

Its time for me to share the best love story I have witnessed this year!
The story of my grandpa and his fiance. Yes, you heard me right. My grandpa has a fiance. And she is such a sweetheart, I met her yesterday for the first time.
But back to the beginning, I don't want to run ahead of my story here (oh impatient me I know)...

So as you all probably know I lived abroad for some time and I missed out quite a bit that was going on at home but this change was impossible not to notice. So somewhere during Christmastime last year I was visiting home. And as usual there were some messy things going on. Since grandpa had to live at our place he didn't make life easy for my parents. I have never really gotten along with him. He was always the crazy moody one who had to be right in everything. He received Christ about 8-9 years ago after grandma died but some things in his heart were very broken and he had no idea how to love. He had never shown love to my mum and not to mention us. So he was a bitter old man who had bad health-problems. I'm not saying I didn't love him, it was just hard. I didn't want to be home when he was there coz of his temper and quick word. But it was my home so I still went there as much as I could... But this Christmas especially was hard. Coz he was feeling rather sick and he didn't want to talk to us that much and stayed in his room most of the time.. Anyway I was glad to go back to Wales after 2 weeks at home...
The next time I was in Estonia was a few months after Christmas and I didn't see my grandpa but something had changed. Mum said it was easier with him as though his hard heart had started to open up to love... I didn't really want to believe it but hey... if she said so then maybe something was really changing.
So when I finally moved back to Estonia in May I almost couldn't believe my eyes. Grandpa was so happy to see me (tears in his eyes etc.) and he had some sort of strange peace about him... So when I asked what had happened it was as if God had turned his heart upside down. I don't even know how to write it all down. Seriously.
And then I heard the most shocking news. Grandpa had had a phone-call from a lady. And that lady turned out to be his first love. They were 15 and 16 and they had been so in love until someone decided to spread rumors about my grandpa and she turned him down. Big time. Grandpa had proposed her twice and she just turned him down. And the bitterness in him was just so ugly and big that when she called him the first time he just screamed at her and told all kinds of bad things that needed to come out. She had cried for a week and then called again. This time grandpa talked. And listened. And then he called her. And she called him. For weeks. So they decided to meet up. In Saaremaa (the biggest island here and also the birth-place for both him and my mum). After a week with her grandpa came back home. And he couldn't stop speaking. He told me that when he put his arms around her for the first time it was as if a fire went on inside him. And he just didnt let go anymore. So he visited her for a few more times. And now a few weeks back grandpa proposed Ellen and in September 15th 2012 they are getting married.

Seriously. Did you just read what I wrote? My grandpa who is 74 years old is getting married to this wonderful island-woman Ellen who will be 73 soon. I visited them yesterday. Uh grandpa is so in love. So in love that whatever other topic we tried to talk on he just didn't listen. He kept on talking about the wedding and  her. This is love.
And another thing I didn't share is that when she first called him she didn't know who she is calling to. Someone had given her a number and told her that she HAS to call that number. So she did. And it was my grandpa.

NOW THAT'S A LOVE-STORY.
Only God can bring two people back together. There are NO coincidences in life. But there is grace and 2nd chances. There is hope and future for everyone. Hold on. Let go of your own and LET GOD. :)
Grandpa´s health has improved tremendously and he is happy. He has God and he has a fiance. He knows he doesn't have tons of time so he is taking everything out of life he can now. And seeing them just gives me so much. Dreams, hope... Father knows our desires and He gives us what we need and dream of.

So there you go. The story of love.
Fin.