Where has the time gone? I can't believe I haven't shared any of my deep thoughts since the first of the year. I always heard time flies when you get older. I guess that's just one more example of "they were right"!
Thank you Charlie Scholz Photography for taking and sharing the most beautiful pictures of my most favorite place on earth, the Manhattan Beach Pier. I hope I don't get in trouble for using one of your pictures; I figured it was okay since I got it from Facebook. Anyway, I grew up in Manhattan Beach and all my "good" childhood memories are from there (other than a few from when I was younger in Santa Monica). It's where I really think I started out becoming who I am. It's definitely where my heart is; it's my paradise. The worst thing that happened to me there was when the city canceled the park dance; there was a curfew because of the Watts Riots! What in the world did that have to do with a teen-aged girl in Manhattan Beach?
I'm in a nostalgic mood today; sort of sad, sort of wondering where the time has gone, sort of thinking about the years that lay ahead, sort of wondering what my life would have been like if I was still in Manhattan Beach, sort of wondering what my life would have been like if I wouldn't have moved to Minnesota after high school graduation. Mourning and reminiscing so many family and friends of mine that have left this beautiful world way too soon. Just thinking about life.
This weekend I was with family at my father-in-law's house, a beautiful two-bedroom lake home, packing up things he will need at his assisted-living apartment. MIL died about a year and a half ago and FIL hasn't really been home since. He is not a healthy man, but he's way worse without his wife of 51 years. We finally got him to "want" to go to an assisted living place, although he's not ready to sell his home yet. That's ok. It took him over a year to realize he couldn't live there alone anymore.
So, as we pack up a few of the necessities from his home, I'm thinking about how we spend so much of our life growing up, getting educated, building a career, raising our own family, and enjoying a life full of things that bring us pleasure. Then before we know it, we're losing our family and friends, and selling or donating or giving away our things. That's life.
Today in church we studied 1 Thessalonians 5 and just like most days in church, the pastor speaks God's word directly to me! I am reminded to be joyful always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances.
And I do.
That's life!
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