Family Celebrations
My husband and I just returned from a 10-day vacation. We had a glorious time visiting my brother and his wife and children in Kansas. While there, we celebrated the marriage of his oldest son. Then we went on to Colorado to enjoy the wonderful hospitality of my husband’s oldest brother and his wife.
Now we are home again and having a very different kind of family gathering. One of my Harrison sisters-in-law just lost her sister, and we are celebrating Linda’s life, loving her husband, children and grandchildren as best we know how, with faith and flowers, words and ceremonies.
As I write this, I am watching three families of geese on our beach with their goslings. Moms and dads are teaching babies how to live and swim and someday fly away. My house is full of teenagers – nieces and nephews here with moms and dads who are teaching them how to live and swim and someday fly away. And together we will celebrate Linda, who has flown away to the best home of all.
Blessings, Sue
Ah Jim, your team will plow. Your daughter – our daughter-of-the-heart – pulls so very much of her strength from you, from her mother, and from the love you share. And aren’t birds on the wing so heartachingly beautiful to watch….
Dear Sue,
It must be the summer of joys and sorrows. My daughter will attend a university this fall with eager antiicpation of participating in their renowned writing program. As much as I would like to think that I am a skilled writer and a loved and loving father, I am not the heroine that she adores and wants to emulate. Thank you for your thoughtful wisdom, your kind strength, and your unbounded love that has so helped her to be able to fly away.
(after she does, will my team plow?)