The trees are colorful, the nights are chilly, time seems to be going slower! Maybe it is just my “fall season” now that we are the senior generation in BOTH of our families. Met a neighbor in one of our RV Parking places who said, “I knew I would get OLD, but I didn’t think it would happen so …QUICKLY!”
We were enjoying the glorious leaf display in Minnesota when we heard from our cousin Rick that his Mom, Aunt Jeri, had passed peacefully, having said her goodbyes to her four children, and an assortment of grandkids. We had seen the lovely lady just this summer when we were in Colorado for a series of “family events.” And LADY is the correct term; she was always a lady and rarely said an ill word about anyone or anything. Oh, maybe the monstrous apartment complex that was built behind her home there in Denver! She installed a decorative wall with pretty flowers and looked out the FRONT of her house more frequently than out the back!
Tom told his cousin where we were and that we would probably not be able to attend the service if they had one. When Rick called a few days later after reading the last wishes his mom had left, he called again and asked if there was any way Pastor Tom could come to DO THE SERVICE?
We did the mileage numbers and called him back, left Spirit Lake, Iowa on Monday, stopped in Albion NE for just a night and got to Yuma, just two hours from Denver ( but THREE more hours since we were towing.) It was a lovely service on Friday, followed by a luncheon at the cemetery – in the Event Center!
Pastor Tom spoke words of comfort between the recorded music she had chosen, and the cousins seemed pleased that we had made the effort and that Tom had agreed to conduct the service. Now we know that branch of the family quite a bit better, and all of her siblings were represented at the service BY THE NEXT GENERATION as she was the last of her generation on the family tree! Everyone’s favorite aunt!!
So here we are still in Colorado, with appointments for car maintenance, body maintenance and a few minor repairs to the COUGAR. Meanwhile Autumn has followed US, the trees change their colors daily!!
We need to hit the road soon though in order to get to Lane’s sixth birthday in California and THANKSGIVING. Thankful, maybe that is the word for this season of harvest, a feast for the eyes, and soon a feast for the body as well!! I lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help? My help comes from the LORD who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121 right in the middle of that dusty book on the shelf. READ IT!!
