To Everything There Is A Season…

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I was explaining to a friend how this time of year always means change.

There are dozens of examples of how April 19 is a significant date and this month in general signifies… something for me or those I know.

Today is my good friend’s mom’s funeral.

Mrs. Scott had the best laugh, a great smile and a lovely freckled face. She was born to Danish parents and raised in a town where she fell in love at a young age to one of the infamous Scott boys. They married young and had three children (a fourth died in infancy) and moved to the big city in search of opportunity. They met many struggles and challenges in their marriage but were together to celebrate more than 40 wedding anniversaries. In the last 20 years they opened their hearts and home to many foster children, sharing the love they have with others.

Mrs. Scott became gravely ill just two weeks ago with what started out as pneumonia. She was transferred to larger hospitals where tests showed that she had suffered two heart attacks and had a progressive form of cancer, in her weakened state the doctors had her on life support. The prognosis was bad and the family had to make the difficult decision to let her go.

These are Sandy’s words in an email to me…

“On Thurs. night my dad said to me he wished he could talk to mom one more time … my mom had not had her eye’s open in several days. On Fri. morning we all went … including all my dad’s brothers & sisters and some nieces. I asked our minister to come for support.

Amazingly my mom’s eyes were open a little … the minister prayed with mom … and family started saying “good bye”.

When I went to sit with my mom and I started talking her eyes opened wide! My mom did not have the gaze that I had seen before … she was truly looking into my eyes … my dad was on her otherside and I told him his wish had been granted … I was able to say the things I needed … she knew me and I know she understood every word said.

My dad then went to her and I left them alone …

What a true blessing from God and Mom!”

Amen.