TWO YEARS
As I watch the blooming of the earth again after the quiet winter, again I learn lessons of encouragement. No matter how cold or how much snow we had during the winter, life was not snuffed out. Life lay dormant but not dead. As the seasons changed and the earth provides the right environment to bloom again, I see a parallel in my own life.

Life has been mostly alone. I work daily finding that this is my work and ministry. The gals i work with provide my daily family structure. On the week-ends it is alone time and I have profited from that. The Cottage takes time and that keeps me on my toes.

June 23 will come and go and life will go on--a new life-- and I hope that after dormancy, it will bloom as the nourishment of the long, 2 years without Bob continues to feed me. Yes, I miss him and at times I am still ambushed by tears, emotions and missing him.

What will happen tomorrow? I will work with a full day of seeing clients, glad to be in the car driving most of the day and clients not aware of what my heart is feeling.

Tomorrow, the Weaver Olson's begin their journey back to MN. Quite symbolic I think. Karen and Ethan will remember and then we continue to live with out Bob and forging a new life.

Tomorrow I will close the account at the bank and send the memorial check to Bethel University to begin a scholarship fund for minority students of need.

Shalom