October 20
I’d describe this week as bittersweet. My son will marry the love of his life this week. Mai is a delight. Norm often said that she was good for Robert. I see that they bring out the best in each other.
I can’t help but consider the fact that Norm will miss this celebration. He would have come up with a wonderful welcome and the perfect inclusion of events in Robert’s life that would have been appropriate and made people laugh.
I can’t even think about the day without crying…I’m hoping for emotional stamina to make it through the day without making a crying scene. Tears yes, uncontrollable sobbing…no.
I stopped on the way to visit my daughter and grandchildren. We went to a “Punkin’ Farm”. They had a corn pit where the kids could play, a fenced in area with corn kernels about 8 inches deep. It was like sand at the beach, they rolled in it, piled it into piles, and filled their pockets. Sawyer pretended to be one of the skeletons coming out of the ground in Halloween decorations.
I could see Norm in the corn with them, making them squeal with laughter as they filled his pockets with corn and covered his legs. Norm would have encouraged Sawyer to jump between the rolls of hay like Sierra. They would have done several trips down the giant slide and actually shot the corn cobs through the targets.
As I said, a bittersweet week.
Where’s the joy?
I am thankful for Mai joining our family.
I pray for the strength to hold it together so that the wedding will not become about my sorrow, but about the joy of Rob and Mai finding each other.
I rejoice that even though we go through times of sorrow, we can find joy amidst the sorrow.
Where’s the joy? We will celebrate the union of Mai and Robert.
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
Remembering Norm and celebrating Rob and Mai…bittersweet. it’s all good!
TRICIA LATHROP 