Life--who knows what it brings?

This past week has been one of happiness, shock, and sadness,. Just some of the many emotions that life can throw at us.

Happiness--Granddaughter Allison Luckett is engaged and is to be married to Joshua Klein on October 10 in our home! The beginnings of a tradition--we were married in our home, Tracey and Randy Luckett were in our home and now a new generation will be married here. What a great thing! Do you suppose we might be here to see another generation married here? The good Lord should be so gracious.

Shock and Sadness--On Friday, we found out that one of our friends, Kathy Janeczek, had died of lung cancer--she never smoked! Kathy and Carrie had worked together at George Washington University. Kathy left GWU several years ago and moved back to her hometown, Kingston, NY where she became the Town Clerk and according to her obituary, she was the heartbeat of Kingston. We loved her dearly and will miss her warm smile, her laugh and her true friendship.

Today, we received a call that another work mate of Carrie's died about 18 months ago. Peter Aspesi worked with Carrie at GWU also. Only 49, Peter died of cancer.

And to close on Happiness--
Today, while our dog Jake and I were out for his morning constitutional, we chanced upon a friends and their children who were waiting for the shcool bus to take the kids off to their very first day of school. What great happy memories were evoked by this scene. As we stood and talked, it suddenly dawned on me that 70 years ago, yes, nearly three-quarters of a century, my mother walked me to school for the very first time to Pershing Grade School where Mrs. Laura Odneal would be my teacher. Later on in the day, Carrie and I suddenly realized that 50 years ago, her mother had performed the same task--walking her youngest daughter to Edgemont Elementary School in Montclair, NJ. Oh, how time does fly!

And so, this past week, the circle of life was working its way around and so life goes on.