Almost over....

Well, time is just flying right along. The summer is already almost over :( I am more saddened by it this year than most, maybe because Megan won't be going back to school. At least not as of yet. I am also going to miss the r=time that I have been able to spend with Chet and I have been able to spend together. At least two days a week or more I have been able to go work with him and share the days with him. I really enjoy this and am going to miss it immensely.

I have spent quite a bit of time out riding my bike, but if things go well, I am planning on riding to and from work everyday. Even if I have some small errands to run after work if I take a back pack with me I should be able to do at least some of them before I go home, so I should be able to log quite a few miles every day. At least that is the goal.

Ford is working at Artic Circle as of this moment and Megan is working at Subway still. She is also looking for another job at the moment. I won't say how hard she is or has been looking. For her sake I hope she finds something soon. She has been introduced to the world of credit, she purchased some contacts and glasses and didn't have the money to pay for them up front so chose to finance them. We will see how fast she learns this lesson. Hopefully faster than we as her parents did. Oh well, it is her lesson to learn. In general life is moving right along and things are going well.

Funerals.....

Well, I went to another funeral yesterday. Let me just tell you that they don't get any easier, and the ones for infants and kids get harder the older you get!

As a bit of back ground, some friends of ours have never been able to have kids of their own, but have been blessed to be able to adopt a couple of kids along the way. A couple of years ago their last child that they were able to adopt (a little girl) ended up with a rare form of cancer. They have fought a very brave battle since then, going into remission once, only to have the cancer return with a vengeance, and ended up winning in the end.

You will never go to a sadder funeral than that of a child, and the one that Chet and I went o yesterday was probably one of the saddest I will ever have to go to!

If I never have to go to another child's funeral again in my life time it will be all to soon!

I have been having some struggles of my own lately with my oldest, but this made me think about the fact hat at least she is here to be struggling with! I can not imagine having to go through saying good bye at some place of final rest.

Our friend (the Mother) actually apologized at the end of the funeral for becoming emotional about having to leave her baby girl at the cemetery. (They needed for us to leave so that they could let the trains start running again.)

I cannot imagine the agony of having to leave your baby, at such a lonely place. Thank goodness for knowing that life does go on on the other side and there is a great plan and work for all of us. I just hope to be able to remember that on a daily basis and do the best that I can do.

I also hope that I will leave behind something worth remembering when I am gone. Life is SO short! Remember to make the most of it while you are here.