In this last week I have an opportunity to see my beloved niece and nephew as adults and my beloved mother as the one needed the TLC.
Mom is grateful for something I am delighted to have to give...a little care and an afternoon of nursing. The debt of love I owe my mother couldn't be paid back in a million such afternoons. Always the encourager and supporter, always the wise and always the graceful...She ROCKS!
Nephew is another story...A story of the mix of cool and funny that make me proud that he comes from our blood! He grew up to be someone I enjoy spending time with.....God is doing an amazing job with that boy!
Niece is precious and perfect. I got to enjoy her hospitality in her new home, and I saw the all grown up woman who is a blessing to everyone who knows her.
My beloved sister did a miracle.....She made these two perfect people. All the people who will be blessed by knowing these kids have to thank the parents who grew them so carefully.
This new world is different, but I am looking forward to seeing how this all turns out.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Here's to Aunt Dorothy
Life is a long process and only when we get to the other side will we all understand how God was at work on shaping us into the people who would be of the most use to Him.
All the family who loved us and molded us with thier behavior.
From Aunt Dorothy I learned the hole that can't be filled when one sister withdraws from the other. I have seen my mother use the opportunity she had to teach us that we have a responsibility to witness especially to those we are connected to by the bonds of love and blood.
I have also pondered what it is that my my niece and nephew think when they see me love thier mom in a way that no one else on the planet can. And how I might have shaped them by sharring an adventure or two. Or a joke.
I would have liked to know Aunt Dorothy as one adult to another. What was her favorite book? How cool would that be if she loved Wodehouse or Benson, or thought Clarice Cliff was inspired.
I doubt Amy and Josh know these things about me. I guess I better hang around a while.
All the family who loved us and molded us with thier behavior.
From Aunt Dorothy I learned the hole that can't be filled when one sister withdraws from the other. I have seen my mother use the opportunity she had to teach us that we have a responsibility to witness especially to those we are connected to by the bonds of love and blood.
I have also pondered what it is that my my niece and nephew think when they see me love thier mom in a way that no one else on the planet can. And how I might have shaped them by sharring an adventure or two. Or a joke.
I would have liked to know Aunt Dorothy as one adult to another. What was her favorite book? How cool would that be if she loved Wodehouse or Benson, or thought Clarice Cliff was inspired.
I doubt Amy and Josh know these things about me. I guess I better hang around a while.
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