I can't make out the name of the artist, but the date is 1976. I am well acquainted with the subject of the drawing. Her name was Deborah Brower, but she changed her last name to Blair some 29 years ago. This beautiful young lady will turn 50 on Thursday, December 6, 2007.
Tomorrow, December 5, 2007, will be our daughter Bethany's first anniversary of her birth into heaven.
The inexorable erosion of time will never effect how my wife looks at her birthday now, but it is nonetheless a notable occurrence in her life. We will go out of town tomorrow and find a place to have a celebratory dinner. Even though the pain is as if it were just inflicted, our faith in Beth's passage to God is as celebratory an event as a 50th birthday - so we'll combine the two.
The concept is easy to grasp and simple to put into words - the date of death becomes the new date of birth. Unfortunately, concepts are not salves that can mend a broken heart.
I know that there are many of you who keep us in your prayers, and we dearly appreciate that - thank you.
1 comment:
Keep on keeping on.
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