I love the colors! Yesterday we took a long walk in the woods behind our house. It was so pretty. Eben found much joy throwing a plastic saw ahead of himself the whole way. He'd slam it on rocks along the path and leave paint marks. He even managed to hit Aliza on the head with one of his throws. Oh to be entertained by that! The girls walked out pretty well, but were a bit tired on the walk back. I carried Nora most of the way home. I'm glad we were able to enjoy a "warmish" day traipsing through the crunchy leaves :) Love it!
And last night I went out to a local corn maze with some other moms from the MOMS Club. We took our flashlights and wandered around in the dark looking for the 16 markers throughout the 7 acres of corn. It was a lot of fun, and we even managed to find them all! Our reward? A little cup of ice cream. Sort of funny since I was wearing my winter coat, hat, and gloves. We enjoyed our treat though :)
As most of my "readers" know (yes, that includes all 5 of you!!), my Grandma Schilling passed away on the 12th of this month. We had about a weeks warning, and knew it was coming. It sure didn't make it much easier though. Besides another cousin, I was the only one who hadn't seen her since the beginning of July. I still recall that feeling while saying good-bye in July, that I wouldn't see her again. Unfortunately, I was right. I am so grateful though, that I was able to talk to her the day before she died, and tell her I love her. She said it back and my heart broke. My eyes are welling up even as I type. I couldn't bear to say good-bye to her. It just seemed too permanent. I know one day I'll meet her again and we'll walk Heaven's streets of gold. I am so incredibly blessed to have known her my whole life and experienced so much with her. I will treasure the memories we shared. There will be a vacant spot at our family gatherings, yet I find so much joy and comfort knowing that she has been made whole and is with Jesus, and Grandpa again! Death is a hard thing. I've only been to 3 funerals in my life, and I certainly don't look forward to all the others in my future. However, with death, there is life too. I'll say good-bye to people throughout my life, but I know I'll say hello to many as well - some day my children will introduce me to that special someone and then down the road, to their own children. What a journey we are on...
While I was home with my family, Jared's parents 'happened' to be out here (Thank you God for working that out in advance!!). I've included a couple pictures from their visit, and also a letter that Eben wrote to Aliza. He made a fort and told her she couldn't go in it. Later he wrote the attached letter. Yes, I am keeping it. :)
Halloween approaches, with lots of parties to attend. The kids are looking forward to dressing up, and mommy is looking forward to all the
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