Writing obituaries.....

Writing  obituaries.....

Writing obituaries is no fun,,,it means that some one has died or is about to....

In August, , 2010, my father, my husband and I took a long grueling day to write my mother's obituary.  We hadn't expected to write one, as she came through the surgery so well......but we were...,Making sure all the spelling was correct, that we didn't leave out any family members, her interests, etc.  ....a person 's life in three paragraphs...how simple/difficult is that......

Last year, 2012,  I was writing one again, this time alone.....it came to me one sleepless night as my husband lay fading away from Brain cancer...the who, what, when questions...the important answers.....the people..the interests, the laughter, the love, ...the family....what was his essence?  What would he want to be remembered ? Missions, geology.....  His legacy?

Now, 2013,  my father lays taking that same journey....another life in few paragraphs...the who, what, when of 86+ years....how do you sum it all up...the cowboying, the ranchers he knew, his family....tree farming, teaching, the impact on grandchildren, people he knew those many years.....His legacy...a love for travel...work ethic....

Lord, here I am again at this spot ...writing those words about people,,, give me wisdom In Portraying their life here, your life in them,   Your love for all ....in the order which you would have it done....thank you for your care, your compassion to those of us how are left, who love our family members...help,us have good memories, forgetting the hard ones, forgiving the bad ones, moving ahead , remembering to seek a heart of wisdom....that our legacy shows You....to those around us.....

Psalm 90:12

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these ....years, 

Deuteronomy 8:18a

But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, ....

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

 Psalm 63:6

On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

Psalm 103:15-17

15 The life of mortals is like grass,

    they flourish like a flower of the field;

16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,

    and its place remembers it no more.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting

    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,

    and his righteousness with their children’s children—

Psalm 112:6

Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever.