Kathleen Combs

The other day Katie asked if we could tell her what her name stands for. So we brilliantly took out the ol MAC and googled "meaning of names." Kathleen means purity.
Dan's mother passed away nine years ago and I never had the opportunity of meeting her. Strange as this might sound, I truly believe she helped Dan and I meet. So naturally when we found out that our first child was a girl, we named her Kathleen. We never looked-up what the name meant. Everything Dan and others have said about her is that she was a great lady. She loved her family so much.
Katie truly has one of the purest hearts I know. I know every mother feels that their children are special but Katie really is. I was playing the shuffle songs on the IPOD tonight and a song titled "Love Me" by Collin Ray came on. I noticed Katie was very sad and started to cry. When I asked her what was wrong she said that she remembers this is the song about Grandma Kathleen. All I could think was "how does she actually remember that we've told her this is the song that grandpa sang to grandma Kathleen at her funeral?!?" Then she said she was sad because she never got to meet her grandma Kathleen. I reminded her that she is in heaven watching over and protecting her. I reminded her about her ouma and how lucky she is to have a grandmother that is alive and loves her very much. She then said she wanted to write her grandma Kathleen a letter and hopefully she would be able to read it. I told her that if she writes it, then grandma Kathleen will definitely read it.
Katie...may you never ever change! Keep your purity of heart...it is a gift you have been given.