I have not been able to stop reflecting on how great the day went when we honored Jim. I knew right away something had shifted, although I couldn’t quite figure out what it was.
But now I think I know. After Jim passed, I kept having these flashbacks of him in the hospital, and how miserable he was, and how he slowly was getting sicker and sicker. I didn’t want to think about those things, and I tried to replace it with other memories, but it never seemed like I could do enough.
Once I spent time in a room with so many great people, and we read through the tributes sent to us by people who had known him for over 40 years, I finally got steeped back into who he really was, and all the things that he had done for other people. It made it really real. The family picnics. The way he helped people in large and small ways. And the dynamite grilled cheese sandwich he could make! His easy going personality, his patience with and love of children, and just the many dimensions our prism of life together took.
November 9th is a day I will never forget because of the great memories shared in front of a sea of smiling faces of some of the best people I know.
(The pictures below were taken by these attendees by request. I did not get pictures of everyone.)
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| With Susan and Natalie from Lehigh days |
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| Stacy…friends since 1993 |
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| Katie, Honey, Wendy, me, Debbie, Angela from CLMS |
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