Here is another reason I have been delinquent this summer in posting on the blog. Family! Here . . . and there, there being North Carolina and Tennessee. So good to be together, as you all know from your family times. It's such a blessing when three generations (and more!) can be in one place at the same time. Our summer was deeply satisfying in that way.
How about yours? What sorts of adventures/family times/trips did you enjoy this summer? Please share, and include your name so we can share more fully when we are together in person. Just click in as anonymous and share your summer story.
Although in many ways it was a very difficult time, my extended family actually experienced sweet time together when my mother passed away Memorial Day weekend. For several days my mom's children and spouses, as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, gathered from several states and spent hours around her bed, chatting, reminiscing, crying, singing, and laughing together. After my mom died, we poured over pictures and old diaries and letters and got a real sense of family history. As we prepared for her funeral, cousins prepared picture boards, we kids planned the funeral service (with guidance from the plans my mom had made), and we planned meals and cooked together. I will always cherish the memories of that time, especially as I realize that it may be a very long time before so many of my family members are together again.
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