some thoughts...

*(This was taken by my friend Scott in Costa Rica this week)

During the holiday I read a book by Richard Paul Evans

titled the Christmas List. It was about a man that had

the chance to read his obituary before he died. What

people wrote about him was shocking to him, he

hadn't realized what kind of person he had become.

So he set out to make amends with people to change

their opinion of him - in doing so it changed him.

Today as I was sitting at Simon's funeral - there were many tears,

but alot of laughter and alot of jokes in the eulogies. He was a

man who liked to laugh and it was evident whenever you looked

at him - he always had a smile on his face. He loved a good joke,

loved winding his wife up, in a loving way

(and we loved watching it)

and he was a very proud and loving father and husband who

had his priorities right - love, compassion & kindness to all.

He lived his life and enjoyed each day as it was his last,

until it was.

It made me think about what people would say about me, when

my time comes. And so I ask the question to you all

How would you like to be remembered?

On a different note:

The picture above was taken

by my friend Sandi's husband Scott.

It's not so much the picture itself that makes me smile, but the fact

that he has spent this last week in Costa Rica - with a high school

friend and looks to have had the time of his life. It reminds me

that life goes on, and it's good to see him getting out of the

house and out of his comfort zone to start living again.

He even went on a zip line thru the rainforest - how

freaking cool is that? I'm proud of him for going

thru the darkness and coming into the sunshine

a little bit more each day!