Some of us know what it' like. Getting older, that is. We begin to lose the people we love most in this world. It is my own parents and especially my dad that I didn't know how I would ever go on without his cheery voice, and silly jokes. And most of all his faith in Jesus Christ that started my own walk with God when I was just eight years old.
Boy, do I miss him still. Even though he passed on to his eternal home almost 15 years ago. (Which will be next month) I still grieve a bit at this time every year and especially on his special days, like birthdays and Father's day because it just isn't the same any more. But I never thought really how I could instead celebrate his life even knowing that one day I will see him again.
Today's story comes from a family that had found a way to celebrate the birthday of their own husband and father the year after his death. You may find the story here at: Someone Cares: Double Birthday | Guideposts May it give you some ideas about those people in your lives who have passed and then to honor someone else in place of the normal grieving that you do. In my own life, I wonder if perhaps instead of being sad at this time of year when he had passed, if I can come up with something to do for someone else in his honor. He would love that.
Someone Cares: Double Birthday
She honored her late father by donating football gear to a baby born on his birthday.
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- Posted on Sep 25, 2020
My daughter Brenda called from Virginia. “I’ve got a great way to honor Dad,” she said. “Let’s send some Packers gear to the hospital for a baby born on his birthday.” It was a year after my husband, Eugene, had passed away. Brenda got the idea from a local news story about a woman who donated a special gift for the first child born on the day her mother would have turned 100.
Eugene was a huge Green Bay Packers fan, a proud Cheesehead. He was a season ticket holder; the kids had even bought him a brick at Lambeau Field. It read: “Packers play, can’t be late; farm and cows will have to wait.”
Brenda ordered some Packers baby items and had them shipped to her sister Sharon, here in Wisconsin. Once Sharon got the go-ahead from Aspirus Wausau Hospital, she wrapped the gift and dropped it off there along with a note.
I don’t know which new baby received the Packers gear, but I do know Eugene would have been thrilled to welcome another Cheesehead into the world.
Hello Friends. I apologize for not getting here yesterday as promised. Life keeps wanting to throw some curve balls into my plans. But it is well with my soul as the old song goes. I know that my God reigns and He s my hope! And he can be yours, too.
May the Lord bless and keep you,
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you
and may he be gracious unto you....
Til next time....
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