time markers

there are events that 'mark' time ~

Alina Agopian was born 9 years ago....
I remember the day when we were chatting online with Alex and he told us that Candy was pregnant; I remember when we went to the hospital and I changed Alina's diaper. And those memories are like a cork in a bottle of memories of those day: the house we lived in, the church we led then, faces and places all tagged with hopes and dreams ~

George Tyree died 3 years ago ....
I remember the email telling us he was in the hospital and asking for prayer; I remember the hours of prayer - the church gathered in the gym crying out; I remember the realization that George was fully with Jesus in eternity and . . . no longer here. surreal. those memories are like a bottle carbonated that fuzzes and bubbles and puddles all around the opening:  I remember too that during those days Beth told us she was expecting Seth. And Seth is here and with all the rest he is (and he is so much) one little tingling note will sound for me I am sure in autumns yet to come: George. . .and all those days will come rushing forth like froth from the shaken bottle ~

ago...then...since...back...gone

but like echos bouncing back across time, the sounds of then reverberate in me -- disconnected background music to today

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