During this next week, my bride and I will be chaperoning a group of Seniors in High School through a very amazing trip. It'll be nice to see the world through the eyes of young adults who have EVERYTHING ahead of them...and so little, thus far, in their rear-view mirror.
Chances are, you'll be seeing some pretty interesting landscape on the blog. Please enjoy. We'll be in Israel. The students have been planning this all year. My wife and I are honored to be with them - as a direct response of the gifts and blessings from friends, to help us heal. And we've needed it.
Particularly, this year.
Since Susan and I will be gone on the 1st year anniversary of our son's death, (March 11th) we stopped by his grave yesterday to say hello to our son's memory in a month called March - in a year that's different than the one on his gravestone. Just seeing that change reminds of how time does indeed "March On".
Please bear with us, as the days just prior to his "home-going" anniversary date of March 11th, on this blog I will present some of the remarks that were given at his memorial service last year. Those four upcoming postings will be the last time I feature that day of sadness and joy on this blog. It's far too sensitive to mention again. Our year of publicly grieving his loss is now coming to an end. We will always miss our son. He was (and is) a most amazing man. Thanks to his fiancee, Ginny, for loving him till the end.
Jesus said "Let the dead bury the dead". It's a hard saying...and it's true. Why? Because when you know Christ, you live forever. Nate knew and loved Christ. Concentrating on death steals the anticipation of new-life, doesn't it? In fact, Nate never really died, he became more alive than even we are here in these pictures or on video tape.
That's a mind blower...
So, shalom, Nate.
And shalom Israel.
Den
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