Tag: uncles
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The Music of Shania
Today has been like the day after. As I spoke with my cousins last night I said it’s been an emotional day taking stock of the Church from when we left 6 years ago to yesterday. I knew some people had left in different phases, but the reality of it was forceful. Waking up to…
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Family Growing Together
Just as my Dad’s family was ingrained into a local congregation so was my Mom’s family. In fact there was an old building right beside the Church which was the one-room school house. My mom remembers when it was torn down and wishes they had done more to stop that from happening. Life happens though…
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Family Reunion: A Prayer of Thanks For Family Time
Thank you Lord, for our annual Bishop Family Sunday Afternoon gathering yesterday. Sometimes these feel stressful and exhausting. On Saturday I looked through some of my grandma’s photo albums. There were two old articles about both sides of the family the Lesters and the Bishops having Reunions for 44 years one on side and just…
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Summer School & Accidents
Yesterday my Mom came home from Church with tears. She said it hit her that they could have lost me this week. Not exactly comforting thoughts as my head was hurting at that moment. Her moment of poignancy was not lost on me though. Back in 2005 Lilly’s car I think was gone after that…
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Marty
Time is amazing and ongoing. On a pace that everyone has to catch up to regardless of a person’s circumstances. Marty was my mom’s cousin and two years ago the Lord took him home. Like I said, it doesn’t seem like it has already been 2 years… time has just ticked onward. He was a…
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Dialysis
My Uncle’s course was set 5 years before he died. The evidence has shown that most people, but not all only make it a few years. Dialysis takes a lot of a person’s already vulnerable body. As part of a patient’s family, because we are going through the process a bit differently but nevertheless we…
Jewells of Thought 