A Happy Birthday

Fri 28 May 2010 Filed in: Reflections | Photos
Scan229, January 10, 2008
Though it would probably not please my Jehovah’s Witness friends, today I am enjoying celebrating Joan’s birthday. She would have been 65 today. While 65 is good (and I can personally attest that it is - retirement, senior discounts, medicare - well, maybe not medicare...) heaven must be infinitely better. Joan enjoyed retirement, didn’t worry about senior discounts, and neither needs nor misses medicare.

I continue to enjoy living out the discovery that sorrow and joy are not mutually exclusive. It is a good thing to be able to experience the reality of loss without letting go of the joy and the hope that are an integral part of a relationship with Christ. I’m pretty sure Joan is joyfully celebrating today as well, but I don’t think her birthday has much to do with it.
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