THE CEMETERY ..........

 THIS WEEK....AND THE FUNERAL HAVE BROUGHT BACK MANY MEMORIES AND FEELINGS.  WE HADN'T FORGOTTEN ANY OF THOSE THINGS,AND AS WAS BROUGHT OUT AT THE FUNERAL....WE ARE FOREVER CHANGED.  IT REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF THE HEARTACHE BACK AND IT WAS  HARD WATCHING EVERYONE GO THROUGH HIS AGAIN.  IT NEVER LEAVES BUT WE PRAY IT CONTINUES TO MAKE US FOCUS ON ETERNAL THINGS.  LIFE IS NOT A LIFE WITH AN ENDING....WE ARE ETERNAL BEINGS.

I CAUGHT MICHELLE IN THIS PICTURE.  THEY HAD PINK AND PURPLE BALLOONS INSTEAD OF THE WHITE ONES THEY LET GO AT BEN'S.  LOTS OF MEMORIES.

......AND NEW FEELINGS FOR ROG AND PAULA'S FAMILY.  RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS IT WILL HURT FOREVER.  IT WILL HURT THROUGH OUT THIS LIFE....BUT FOR ETERNITY, WE MUST LIVE TO BE A FOREVER FAMILY.  IT REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THIS LIFE EXCEPT FOR THE SHORT TEST WE EXPERIENCE HERE.  IT IS ABOUT HOW WE LIVE AND SERVE SO THAT WE BECOME A FOREVER FAMILY.  AT MY AGE, I HAVE HAD TO REALIZE THAT MY OWN CHILDREN ARE BUILDING THEIR FOREVER FAMILIES AND I NEED TO STEP BACK A LITTLE AND LET THEM DO THAT.  THEY ARE ALL SO GOOD TO INCLUDE US, BUT WE NEED TO BE WISE AND NOT PUT PRESSURE ON THEM THAT WILL INTERFERE WITH THEIR OWN FAMILY ACTIVITIES.  IT IS A HARD JUGGLING ACT TO BE THERE WHEN THEY WANT YOU TO BE THERE, AND GIVE THEM THE SPACE THEY NEED.  IT IS ONE OF THE MANY CH ALLEGES WE FACE AT THIS STAGE IN OUR LIVES.