Yesterday we gathered to put mom’s ashes in her final resting place. It was a beautiful day, nice blue skies with white, puffy clouds. Ron made the box for mom’s ashes. Everybody was there except John and Cori because of work. Joan and Sandy Albrecht, Jim’s parents and close friends to mom and dad, were there too. As the ceremony concluded Beth looked up and saw a beautiful rainbow to the south of us. As we all looked up it brought many tears and joy knowing God was looking down on us. Then dad put mom’s ashes into the ground and the whole family helped to fill the hole. It was a nice sight to see all the grandchildren take turns to help cover mom’s ashes. I just thank God for a beautiful day and the memories of mom. Go to the family photos to see all the pictures.
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Tagged: cemetery, God, Mom, Oma, rainbow
Yesterday I spent the day with my dad on his first birthday without mom. We went out for lunch and took a walk around the trail in Sandusky. They still haven’t put up the memorial plaque where the trees have been planted with the donations from mom’s passing. Then we went to the library, dad doesn’t have a computer, to see the family weblog and to view the pictures of mom. It was emotional for dad as he looked at the older pictures my cousin Klaus sent from Germany. It brought some memories back from a long time ago. Then we traveled to the cemetery where they have finally moved the headstone to their final resting place. We are planning to have a small memorial service on July 4th and put mom’s ashes in the ground. Later we went to Sandy’s to have dinner and desert. It was an enjoyable day spent with my dad.
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Tagged: birthday, cemetery, dad, dinner, headstone, Klaus, memorial, Sandy
