Just one thing that would make me smile.
Just one thing that would lift my shoulders up and make me walk ever so more lightly.
That's not too much is it?
I picked up my CSA share yesterday and could not believe how much beautiful, fresh food was packed into a bushel box. So much that there was a second box filled with tomatoes and peaches that could not fit in the original. Watermelon and Muskmelon, beets, romaine, leaf lettuce, yellow beans, green beans, nectarines, assorted peppers, cilantro, eggplants, to name a few items.
So today I am happy to have an abundance of fresh food in my house. I may even cook something.
Each of our three children spoke at their dad's (TBHITW) funeral. The three of them stood up and with their arms around each other, read a piece that paid tribute to this cherished man.
They all spoke of the love TBHITW and I shared and how we showed them what marriage should look like. They spoke of how happy we were. In addition,
The 20 year old spoke of shared races and their relationship evolving as he became a man himself.
The 18 year old spoke of the love and special relationship between her dad and herself, his only daughter.
The 16 year old reminded us all of how this content, joyful and peaceful man would have wanted us to live:
He read:
"You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You an remember him only because he is gone,
or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close you mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what he'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on."
TBHITW always called out to runners, "On, On." When ever we went to see him run a race when he ran by, we'd call out, "On, On". It was our whole family's rally cry.
So today, I am saying to myself, "On, On".
Today I will find one thing to make me smile.
On, On
On, On
