I'm just not sure how I feel about 2011. Richard went back to work at the end of January and it's been downhill ever since. His back still hurts and his mood is awful. I find myself not doing much of anything around the house - just no real energy to do it.
Then this week, a good friend lost her husband suddenly. He'd been battling MRSA for a good two years, but he became septic and died last Tuesday. He was John's Webelos leader. His wife had been John's Bear den leader.
The funeral was today. It was sad and uplifting all at the same time. Sad because he left behind a wife and three children, ages 11, 7 and 4. Uplifting because I got to see my sons show their emotions and comfort their friends and each other. Many of the boys wore their scout shirts to the funeral as a sign of respect and honor.
So...if the dust bunnies don't get vacuumed up today, if the dishes pile up for a couple of days, if we eat hot dogs for dinner tonight...it's okay. But we will have FHE, scripture reading and prayer tonight. And we will remember our friends in our prayers. We will remember and learn more about the Plan of Salvation and be grateful for that knowledge. We will honor our friend and scout leader, Jack Wright, by continuing to learn from his example in our lives.
3 comments:
Such a tender post! Thanks for sharing. Life IS hard for so, so many reasons, but the positives make up for the hard times and it's better than the alternative!
You have your priorities right, Stacy. It's hard to hurt for yourself, but when your children hurt and you "can't fix it" it's twice as hard. Stay close to the Gospel and teach those kids everything you can about the plan of salvation. Hang on to HOPE.
Love, "mom"
it has been quite the year. Makes me realize how great it is to have my family no matter how much they might drive me crazy. I didn't know Jack that well but he was always nice to me. It pained me at the funeral to see Alana so heartbroken and her 3 little kids. But we have the gospel and it will help us through it. Hang in there!
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