Adjustments

It’s hard to believe that it’s wedding week. This coming Saturday, Caden and Elly are getting married.

I am grateful we are not dealing with COVID, but… my deepest wish is that my father could attend.

“Zero condition to drive,” my brother texted.

Again, I am grateful that we are not dealing with the uncertainties of COVID, but… my mother-in-law may not make it, either. Colitis, her constant friend, is making a return visit.

Chloe, ever positive, developed an idea. ” What about a small reception after the wedding? Do it in Michigan.”

Their absence is an adjustment to the reality, which I always deny, of aging parents. It’s a reality everyone faces at some point, but it never makes it easier. The tears fall, the emotions surface, and their absence will be noted.

Above all, though, they would have celebrated a new granddaughter who loves the Lord like they do!