Well after reading a couple nice comments and talking to some very supporting family members, I have decided that I will try this blog thing again. Last night we attended the visitation of a distant family member that passed away. He was my dad's cousin's husband. I don't really know the last time I saw him but his wife has always been great about coming to family events and she even was the cake cutter at my wedding. So I figured I would go see her and maybe catch up with some other relatives I don't see very often. I have a cousin that is a professor at a university in Minnesota. When my grandpa was alive he called her "teach" for a nickname. Well then I became a teacher and she became a professor so our nicknames were upgraded. Every family event we chat about school, curriculum, how our careers are going and she is a great inspiration to me. I wish we lived closer so that I would have such a great role model so close to me. Sure, I have email and facebook but these technology sources just don't cut it when you need to bounce ideas off someone that knows what you are talking about without having to give extensive history.
It seems that at each visitation/funeral people always make comments like "We should really keep in touch better" or "It is a shame bad events are what brings people together." Well I agre, however, it dawned on me...maybe this is God's way of making sure we keep in touch with people we need in our lives? In this case a family lost a husband, father, grandfather, brother and a patriarch. With this loss though, they were able to see relatives that they hadn't seen in a while. We all want to get together with friends and family, but "don't have the time." With the death of a family member or friend, this is I guess God's way of making us take time out of our days for friends or family.
Well, it is 8:00 AM on a Saturday morning and I think that is enough deep thinking for now. Until later...
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