After my Mom passed on Sunday, I slept for a few hours. As I was waking up, I thought about my Aunt Donna's temple work. I felt like we needed to get it done. I accessed Family Search on my mom's phone and found that she had my Aunt Donna's name reserved so I printed it off. Monday morning Sienna did the baptism and confirmation. I went with her and we felt so happy. Even when I woke up that morning, I thought I would feel sad about my mom but I woke up feeling happy that it was my Aunt's baptism day. There was such a positive energy.
We planned to do sealings for Aunt Donna and Uncle Bob while Katie was in town but it didn't work out. A number of things happened. Most importantly, we forgot to get the name back after the endowment so we didn't have the card anymore and the temple had shredded it. Then, we couldn't print a new one from my mom's family search. She was logged out of her account since her account deactivated after she passed. Katie was going to bring my dad down but he wasn't feeling good so they couldn't come anyway.
I contacted Family Search. They said I needed to submit a request to get the name released from my Mom's account. That took a day or two. Then the name was open but I couldn't reserve it because I needed permission from a closer relative. I was afraid to ask my Uncle Joe. I don't know why but I finally asked him last week and he said yes.
We planned to go with anyone in the family who could go to seal Aunt Donna and Uncle Bob to the family. Kasey and Andrea were going to bring my Dad to the temple. Ali, Marshall, and I were all going. Well, the adversary got the best of the family. My Dad developed a urinary tract infection and was delirious. He got really mad about not being able to drive and he wasn't in a good mental space. Kasey and Andrea stayed with him. Ali, Dan, Marshall, and I went, and it was a very tender and sweet sealing session. I know they had a party in heaven.
