Tag: legacy
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Life Is Worth Fighting For
Memorials for those who have died typically don’t engender a sense of anticipation; sadness, loss, and grief must be dealt with by those left behind. There’s also the confrontation of our own mortality. We had the distinct privilege of attending a memorial recently that was the antithesis of heavy grief. It was hopeful. One of…
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When Choosing Hard Is Good
Even when you know it’s coming, it’s not easy to lose someone. Death is never a kind guest. This past week I lost a good friend, a relative by marriage, one of my heroes of the faith. I wasn’t related to him by blood, but his death felt like a passing of the baton…
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The Measure Of A Man
I’m not a huge fan of basketball; soccer and football are more my games. I’m a great fan of people working toward excellence. Who don’t take for granted a God-given talent but maximize it to become the best they can be. We will be eulogizing Kobe Bryant for a long time. So many of the…
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Fuzzy Lenses Make It Hard To See
I don’t think about how I see things. I just look. I traveled to Chicago with my husband to celebrate Mom’s life with a memorial that family and friends could share in. A time of fun memories and sad realities that make up each of our lives. Mom was no exception. It was a grey,…
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Ashes and Dust
It’s hard to imagine someone’s life reduced to a box the size of a loaf of bread. Mom made her wishes known–she wanted to be cremated. It’s what she’d chosen to do with Dad, and it made more sense to her than buying a plot. This isn’t an argument I will pursue. Some believe a…
Tip of My Iceberg 