Thursday, January 28th 2016

DEATH

Most people are not comfortable with the word.
Though people of faith look at death differently.
Faith tells us that as our physical life comes to
an end our new (forever) life begins. It is a
profound consolation as we mourn.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up,
taking the lives of its seven crew members.
We watched the disaster on television screens in our home.
Today we mourn again those brave souls who gave us
both a dream and the reality of the unknown.
God Bless them and the families they left behind.

On January 28, 1985 a quiet widow died. She had no children
but I was blessed to be her niece. I smile now as I recall
our last visit and what she told me.