Hoft Family 1966: Lynne, Tim, Bud, Sue, Becky, Dad, Mike, Mom, Chris, Joe and JimOne of the great joys of my life was being born into a large, Catholic family from Iowa.I grew up with my twin brother, Joe, my little brother, Mike, my older brother, Chris, and FIVE older siblings, including four who were in high school the year we were born.Back then my father ran a meager business, and my mother stayed home and cooked, cleaned, read books, prayed, laughed, taught us the most interesting things about our ancestors, our amazing country, how to be gracious and how to honor God. This was back when everyone loved their country.My eldest sister Lynne left home for college when I was very young. I didn’t know her well then, but I loved seeing her. Like all of my older brothers and sisters she was fun, funny, loving to her younger brothers and full of life.Later in life, when I was home for a summer from college, I had a ‘disagreement’ with my father. My sister Lynne surprisingly called home that afternoon and asked me when I was coming down to see her. I told her I could leave that day. So, for several days, I hitchhiked from northern Iowa to Tuba City, Arizona, to live with my sister and her husband that summer. I found a job at the Grand Canyon, and she let me use her car to get back and forth from my job to her home. She supported me when I was lost and needed someone to help lift me up.Later on in life, I drifted some from my sister. She was a huge liberal and liked to lecture on leftist politics. In the early 2000’s I took care of my mother in her final years. Lynne would come home for a visit and rock my world for days while she was in town. My mother passed in 2008 and we all missed this wonderful, courageous woman.Then a small miracle happened. Around 2015, Lynne and my sister Becky, lifelong Democrats, took a liking to Donald Trump. The more they learned the more they agreed. Lynne was suddenly a Trump supporter. It was fantastic! She was also a help in advising me and my brothers. I became close with Lynne again. It was not just because of Trump but she became more supportive and loving to me. And I was more open. Thank God.This week, my sister Lynne passed away in southern Iowa. She moved there from Minnesota, and my sister set her up in a nursing home and would visit her often. She passed away in the night.I wanted to share this today.I hope and pray you have someone in your life who was as supportive, open, and loving as my sister Lynne was to me.I now have six siblings left – five brothers and one sister. Thank you God for gifting me with a large, Catholic family from Iowa.The post This Week I Lost My Sister Lynne appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.