Philosophical

Today is Dad's birthday. He would have been 67. I light our memory candle from the Chapel wedding and thought of him today. It turned out to be a lucky day for us as Wade got a call back for a second interview. Wade sipped some scotch as a thankful tribute.

These two quotes seem to say everything I feel.

it is not "if" we will lose the things we love, it is "when". with some, the loss comes in a major catastrophic event. for most, love is surrendered one piece at a time...first childhood, a promising romance, the passing of a loved one, and finally a child who leaves home. but as we lose, can we not gain a deep knowing that in the presence of grace, love for the sake of love is eternal.

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'how you climb up the mountain is just as important as how you get down. and, so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one gigantic test followed by one gigantic lesson. in the end it all comes down to one word. Grace! it's how you accept winning and losing, good luck and bad luck, the darkness and the light'. Philosophy.

Thanks, Erika & Stephanie, for helping me see the good side to all of this!