Blessed Assurance. This is my story, this is my song...

This was a difficult weekend. My grandma Virgina passed away at almost 91 years old, she passed away Dec 21 on the lunar eclipse and her birthday was January 5. She was such an incredible woman and impacted so many lives. My sister and I flew down to California for her memorial service last weekend. I didn't realize the magnitude of her impact until I was there. Wow! What a woman, what an example for life, what a humble existence, what love!

What is the purpose of life? I have not figured that out and am not sure if my grandma did either, but I think she was on the right path! She lived my morals, lived by God's word, loved her husband for 55 years on earth, and now they are reunited in heaven. She taught so many people to cook and sew and believe in themselves. She wanted to be a teacher, she worked with 4-H in Stanislas County for 40+ years, taught classes, and served as a superintendent of the board.

I could continue with the wonderful things she did, but that makes me miss her, so I would rather pose a series of questions. I feel like I need to slow down. Appreciate the joys and live for a greater purpose, not just my own interests. How is this accomplished? What talents can I employ so that I help humanity? How do choices I make affect not just me but others? How to be steadfast to those deepest strongest beliefs that get   cloudy with daily life?

Appreciation, humility, love, sharing. What a joy it would be to embody those to he extent my grandmas did.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Martin Luther King

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