Because these three? They still rattle around in my heart and mind in all of their ages and stages. Their voices echo down these halls and I still can laugh out loud or wipe a stream of tears thinking of the stuff we’ve lived through together. Often both at the same time. And today….this one……
We have begun purging, Russ and I. Attacking the stacks of accumulated boxes…stuff from us….stuff from our kids…stuff from our parents. He found one of our wedding invitations sent to a high school buddy who was in the military that year…it had postmarks and forwarding addresses around the world and finally came back to…
My heart is heavy today for friends and family who have recently buried a loved one… or are wondering which kiss on the forehead as they leave a hospital bed is the last. God says that He comforts us in our life-hurts so that we may comfort others. On my own journey, I was blessed…