Sunday, July 08, 2007
IN A WHIRLWIND
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind for me. It hardly seems like nearly two weeks since Karon went to be with the Lord. There has been so much to do to prepare for the Visitation and Memorial Service. Some people commented about the length of time between Karon's death and the memorial service. There were several reasons, plus I don't think we could have been ready a minute sooner.
The Friday after Karon's death was our middle daughter's birthday. None of us wanted to have the service that day. That same weekend our niece got married in Chicago and we didn't want to interfere with the activities for the wedding that had been planned and prepared so long in advance. So last Monday and Tuesday were the best days.
And we needed the time for preparation. Karon and I had done most of the pre-arrangements. The only thing we didn't do was select the cemetery plots. The fellow in charge of that decided he'd rather go to Florida than meet with us! But everything else was arranged. Still it took all day to make those last-minute details. Then there were pictures to select for the DVD; music to choose to go with the DVD; housing to arrange for out-of-town guests, and a "million" other decisions and things to arrange, including the details of the memorial service itself. Our youngest daughter (the only one married) said she thought this was worse than planning a wedding!
But after all was accomplished I look back and am satisfied that we did our best and that God and the Lord Jesus were glorified and that Karon would have been pleased. My only concern was that people who came to the visitation at the church had to stand in line for such a long time. But I don't know anyway that could have been changed. At least having the viewing in the church worship center there were seats along the aisle where people could sit while waiting for the line to move forward. I thank everyone who came, for honoring Karon and blessing the girls and me by being there and I thank you for waiting.
There's much more to journal about but I'll do so in installments.
Jim
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