Ginnys memorial

 

Last month we said our final goodbye to our eldest sister. Today, we will hold a memorial in a most untraditional way. 

The family and many friends are in all 4 corners of the world and with no feasable way to gather in person, we will gather on line. I will say that our family is not all that traditional, we have finally for the most part blended together now. Coming from a mother that was very insecure and had difficulty showing affection after the kids were over 8 years old, and a father that drank hard and worked like a dog and had often displayed anger and rage, I'd  say that we came through alright. Not without the Grace of God though! Ginny had a good relationship with God and was saved back in the mid 70's. She battled mental illness and many physical ailments as well. But through it all, she kept the faith! She had such humor and a quick witt that the friends she made through the years will likely not forget her! I know that I'll always think of her when I see a peanuts cartoon, Dr Who show or hear songs from the early 60's like Bicycle built for 2, or Henry the 8th I am! 

I'll get a rush of emotions when I look through the many texts that we shared, and browse the pictures that thankfully we have! I'll  never eat another olive without thinking of her. Nor will I have a "juicy hamburger" and a vanilla ice cream without a flood of last days memories overwhelm my emotions and cause my eyes to leak. ~as they are right now. 

So, for now, we will continue on until the Lord calls us home. And then, my dear sister, we will be together again! We will laugh, sing and rejoice!