The Journey

I spent the evening yesterday in a funeral home in downtown Fort Worth. I was attending the visitation the grandmother of someone very close to me who had passed away at the weekend. Catherine's journey had lasted 80 years until cancer finally ended it.

It's fascinating and sobering all at the same time to stand there and look back at the entirety of someone's life. I saw her high school yearbook, her wedding album, pictures of family vacations, holidays and time spent with grandchildren. Then of course there's the true legacy, generations of people who's lives were conceived and impacted by hers; friends, sisters, sons, daughters and grandchildren.

I had met Catherine just once while she was still alive but even someone who had never met her could have easily figured out 3 things in that room last night...

She was loved. She had lived. She had left a lasting impression.

When my journey's over i'd be more than happy to settle for those three things.


Read these great quotes on my dad's blog today...

A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
William Shedd

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.”
Erma Bombeck

Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.
Alan Sachs