So here's the short of it,
Tomorrow we start in a different world.
And here's the long.
We head home tomorrow.
Today was filled with the rituals of death - the funeral, the burial, the food, the fellowship, and prayers.
And tomorrow we will wake and take our showers. We'll pack up our bags and drive up the road. There will be days when we want to remember something and think that we should ask Pennie - she would know that. There'll be times that her presence is with us in a way that brings us pride and peace. There'll be other times that leave us with an ache for the years that we believe she should have had. But mostly as the days pass and we think of her, we'll keep her memory, pass along the stories of her life, and watch as things grow out of her life efforts that we could not have imagined.
Today is the 2nd anniversary of my Dad's death. In our lives, Alan and I will always pair these griefs. But we will also always pair the blessings that these two brought into our lives.
Perhaps Gene and Pennie are on a heavenly sofa somewhere sharing stories about their grandchildren. (something I often saw them doing in the days they were together)
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