I talked to Harold today and asked how is he doing.....with the loneliness? My heart goes out to him when I think of him trying to navigate through life without his wife, the one who looked out for him, cooked for him, who made life sweet, who prayed for him, loved him and shared over 60 years with him. How do you live after such a loss? The only way is to walk into the sorrow, to know that God walks with us. He doesn't take away the sorrow but He helps us carry it! And while Harold is grieving................................... we are living life with a rich enjoyment in family. What a treasure! God is so good in that He creates us with the ability to enjoy the blessings He gives us even though our hearts ache with sorrow over the pain in other lives. My conclusion is that we are to enjoy each day God gives us. Some days are full of happiness, some are full of joy, some are full of suffering. So enjoy the good times, and know that the hard times are not times of being alone, but they are times that God is in the pain with us.
Our family had a great time going to Belize for a short visit. We spent some days with my sister and then spent family time out at the ocean at a beautiful place that had a comfortable, lovely house to stay in, total privacy and ocean at our door! It was delightful and felt so good just to be together as a little family. One highlight for Vernon, the girls and Jared, and my sisters children, was when they went through a cave back in the bush. It was not a tourist cave, and two friends of my sisters family took them through. It took 6 hours and was dark and they had to swim some of the time. Vernon was fascinated by the history of the place, silent reminders of people who lived and died there many years ago. If those objects could tell stories about their owners! What a reminder that the things we prize and love, are just that, things, that we will leave behind when we die. And on that note, I will sign off and go spend some time with my son. He has a soul that will not stay behind.
