Kim is back from her Grandmother's funeral. I will really miss Grandma Corner. It truly was like going to grandma's house when we went there. There was no awkwardness or worry about doing the wrong thing. She always had a smile and cookies in the cookie jar. We would play scrabble for hours. Her great-grand children adored her. We went for walks down by the river. I felt really at home there.
It was good closure for Kim to be at her house for a while by herself. We did not know how bad she was or we all would have come sooner to tell her goodbye. It is hard to see the ones you love pass on. It is a passing of a whole generation of time. It will never be the same again. I have learned form thinking of this that the most important thing in life is your family and keeping close to them. Setting the building blocks now for a good future of happy times when my children are grown with their own families has become more important. I want my grand kids and grand kids to feel the way I feel about Grandma Corner. Coming home is a pleasure for them. A time to relax and be taken care of.
So to those (if any) who read this, make it a priority to prepare for the future of your family. Many hard times and bad things happen to us in life. Stick together and stick it out, loving each other through the good and the bad. I get lost sometimes in this, and needed a wake up call again. Kim, I love you and want to give this to our children. So bare with me as I fumble through. I look forward to seeing our children grown and living good lives of their own. And when it's time for them to come home, I don't want anything to be between us except love and acceptance. You are the best thing that ever happened to me and we have four beautiful children. What more can I ask for. Now, I just have to not mess it up. We will do it together....Pete
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You are so right in this concept you have of family and watching our own children grow up. It's amazing to think of the "Circle of Life". The Lion King was a movie that was very much watched between my son, Luke & I. Besides loving the music, it really does have true meaning. With my Mom just recently passing away, it brings new things to light. Once our parents are gone, then it trickles down. My son being an only child has me fearful of who he may have when we (his family) are all taken to heaven. It make me totally want to keep him in touch with all of his cousins, who are spread out everywhere. Growing up we were only close with a couple of our closest cousins, but now everything is so branched out. Unfortunately, with life as busy as it is, nobody takes the time to keep in contact, not even so much as a phone call or a text message. Most of us don't even have each other's phone numbers or even addresses. How said is that?
I understand what you are saying. Teaching Luke the values of life and to cherish every single memory, even if it has to be written down in order to remember. I watch my Dad now, in his loneliness without my Mom and wonder where my family will be when one of us needs the other.
~Sarah
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