Preparing Your Family For A New Dog

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Celebration



Love is as powerful as death.
Solomon 8: 6


What a week it has been, full of beauty so deep that words are difficult to find.




It was a spectacular Saturday in Boston, perfect weather on the day my son married his best friend.




A wedding is one of the great celebrations in life. When asked if I cried during the ceremony, I have to say no, I just smiled and smiled.


 
It was a day of great joy.





We then went to visit friends in Vermont and when we went home we learned that John's father had passed away.




John's father was a wise, kind, and patient patriarch of the family, a role model for all of us. This is a picture of him two years ago when he was dancing with our daughter at their wedding at the age of 96.




Here is a picture from 5 years ago at the age of 93 when he was working on one of the 200 houses he built with Habitat for Humanity. Ninety-eight years is a long time to adorn the planet with good will. I am grateful that this beautiful person was part of my life for almost half of that time.




Today, a few days a month, I turned the page of the wall calendar. The word of the month is "Celebrate". Celebrating a marriage is obvious and easy, but you know celebrating my father-in-law's good life is an equally profound joy.




Everything you lose comes in a different form.
Rumi

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