I’m not sure I’m ready to write this yet. Processing the end of 2023 has not been easy. I feel the confusion of too many emotions. I can’t seem to blend the Joy of the Christmas Season with the heartbreak of recent events. Perhaps I had too many failed expectations of how Christmas should be since both Kel and I and one of our daughters were very sick for a period of several weeks. Nothing that we usually do got done. What I’m trying to say is, reality has a way of putting things in perspective.
This is not about me, though. I’m thinking of some dear friends.
Shot Eady was a dearly loved member of our Class of 63. We were elated when he married Dee. She was one of the sweetest people I ever met. If there is a blessing in this recent tragedy, it is that Shot is spared the suffering here on earth.
Grief serves a very important purpose for each of us in different ways. Everyone in Scott County and beyond is experiencing grief for so many different reasons. You’ve lost an outstanding member of your community. Dee was loved by all. You’ve also lost a feeling of security. But right now I ask you to think of the granddaughters Eady (student at East Central) and Emory (junior at Sebastopol) who will soon have to face the reality of questions and details as they try to resume their lives. I hope that process can be eased for them by the sensitivity of others. May God bless the whole family and all of you in the area who have been both stunned and shocked to the point of fear.
I do want to wish you brighter days in 2024. Perhaps all this came at exactly the right time. Perhaps we needed to drop some of the excess and some of the “traditional busy-ness” of the last couple of weeks and reset. The Reason for the Season will continue to lead our way. Happy New Year.
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Posted by Robert '62 on January 8, 2024, 5:48 pm, in reply to "This is difficult…."
Very well said, Kaye. I was just sitting here thinking about all the sadness in this world where we live. It should make us more thankful for the time we have on this earth and the blessings we enjoy. Sometimes I am glad I will be 80 next time around because time is getting sort. I don't want to die but I sure do look forward to waking up on the other side! Those who die in Christ have a great future ahead. /// I would hope that Dee's murderer will get converted and join us there, but I also hope that on this side of eternity he gets what he deserves, as remote as that possibility may be. /// As Kaye says here, grief has its place in our lives. It reminds us that we will not be here forever, and we need to get ready, because the next state of existence is coming as surely as the sun's coming up tomorrow. And when we enter that, our eternal fate will be forever sealed. No mulligans. No second chances. It's a done deal then. I truly hope ours will be a great reunion when we all get there.
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Posted by Steve 70 on January 3, 2024, 10:56 am, in reply to "This is difficult…."
Well said Kaye.
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Posted by Tony60 on January 2, 2024, 5:22 am, in reply to "This is difficult…."