I have wanted to see wood ducks for years, and now I am finding them everywhere.
I stopped at Lake Isabella while searching for woodcocks, and stood quietly at the shore of the Little Miami.
Knowing what Pam is going through has turned me reflective today. Losing my Dad 2 years ago was a shock to all of us. He was healthy one day, and gone the next.
When we are young, we think that we (and everyone we love) will live forever. Then, as we grow older, our mortality and the mortality of others becomes clear. We know that someday our parents will be gone. But the day is seemingly so far in the future, we cannot comprehend how it will feel. And when it happens, the world as we know it comes crashing down.
The only comfort I can give myself when I think of my father, and everyone who has lost a loved one is this:
We have children not only to embrace the love that only our children can give us, but by doing so, we are placing a piece of us, immortal, on the Earth. Through our children, we will live on.
I stopped at Lake Isabella while searching for woodcocks, and stood quietly at the shore of the Little Miami.
Knowing what Pam is going through has turned me reflective today. Losing my Dad 2 years ago was a shock to all of us. He was healthy one day, and gone the next.
When we are young, we think that we (and everyone we love) will live forever. Then, as we grow older, our mortality and the mortality of others becomes clear. We know that someday our parents will be gone. But the day is seemingly so far in the future, we cannot comprehend how it will feel. And when it happens, the world as we know it comes crashing down.
The only comfort I can give myself when I think of my father, and everyone who has lost a loved one is this:
We have children not only to embrace the love that only our children can give us, but by doing so, we are placing a piece of us, immortal, on the Earth. Through our children, we will live on.
The river this evening was so calm and peaceful.
Though I am not a religious person, the Twenty-third Psalm came to me as I stood watching the water flow silently by:
"He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul."
Though I am not a religious person, the Twenty-third Psalm came to me as I stood watching the water flow silently by:
"He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul."
