I was at home yesterday
I had big plans.
Remember all those drawers I was after Tim to clean?
I decided I was going to take the time to start going through things…
organizing,
discarding,
rearranging.
donating.
I began in Kari’s old room (she still thinks of it as hers!)
I set the alarm on my cell phone.
The plan was to change my scenery every hour.
The alarm went off and I went into Erik’s old room (though he never really ever lived in that room).
As I was going through some of the dresser drawers (that had stuff of my mom’s in them) - I noticed some baskets of cards on top of the dresser.
I thought they were graduation cards of Micah’s.
WRONG
They were cards that had been sent to Tim after his heart attack.
So…I took the basket.
I flipped the switch on the fireplace.
I tripped over the chair Tim normally sat in.
I plopped onto the couch.
I looked up and saw the framed Boundary Waters photo that had been given to him by his Grace canoe buddies on his 50th birthday.
I started re-reading the cards.
There were MANY cards!
So many kind thoughts…
So many good wishes…
So many memories…
So many prayers.
I “saw” so many of you.
I re-lived so much of my life.
My cell phone alarm went off.
I ignored it and kept reading.
More thoughts, wishes, memories and prayers.
It was time well-spent.
I was on that couch for over three hours.
Thank you for having taken the time to send the cards.
Thank you for having taken the time to write to Tim.
Thank you for letting Tim know just how special he was.
Thank you for recognizing the passion he had for the ministry.
Know that those cards were read several times..
initially by Tim;
by me;
again by Tim;
and again...by me!
I’m not the only person missing someone.
Many of the people who had sent cards have either died or have had someone in their family die.
My time on the couch was well spent.
I still have drawers to clean.
They’ve waited five years…they can wait a little longer.
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