Happiness and Grief

Man oh man ... were we surprised this morning. It takes us a while to go through our regular journal visits and we we’re kinda tired by the time we opened Vince’s, but WoW did it jump out and grab us! That’s all I’m going to say about that ... if you haven’t already, go peek!

I wanted to make another notation of something on a somber note of sadness.

Yesterday, we went to the wake of one of our client’s father. It was an unexpected heart attack. They left at 2 am this morning to bury him next to his mother in Mexico. Our client was very close to her father, but only has a mental age of five. She was happy to see Sr. Tess and I at the funeral parlor and wanted us right away to "go see." She kept repeating the doctor shot him with a needle and now he was cold. She repeated many times, "see, he’s cold ... touch him, he’s cold."

The family apparently told her that he was sleeping. I am figuring that when it comes time the real understanding, if ever these things can be understood, is going to be very harsh and overwhelming to her. The mother is also very fragile. They'd been married for 43 years and he took care of all the families important matters. Please keep this individual and her family in your prayers. God be with them and with yours.