Pondering. . .

This past week I have had the misfortune of having to attend a funeral. The young man, who was 21 years old, was shot in the back and left to die on the street. No one called the police for over 2 hours. I didn't know him personally, but I am friends with his mom, dad, and sister. It has been heartbreaking to see them go through this. As I've gone through the week, I often find myself thinking about this tragedy.

He was a good guy, he had made some bad choices, like we have all done, and he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time- like we have all been in at some point. I think going through times of loss makes me realize all the things that I should be focused on- it makes me ask myself about my own choices- and where do my choices put me on the eternal scale of things?

I wasn't going to post anything about this, but after attending the memorial service for him, I think the biggest question I keep asking myself is who would attend my service and more importantly for what reason? Would it be for me, or for someone in my family, or because it was the PC thing to do because of church, work or neighbor relationships? I wondered what legacy will I leave for my children. I guess that's what funeral's are suppose to do- in the end, they makes us think about ourselves.

So I find myself posting about this after all. I guess I keep pondering about what kind of influence each person has on those around them. I hope I have a good influence on those around me. It takes so little to help make someone's day a little better. You just never know the impact or influence you could have on a total stranger or someone in your family. All this rambling is helping to qualify my title of 'quirky thoughts'!

One thing I did realize about me and my love for quilts, is the ability of passing on of something tangible like a quilt, for my kids and their kids to share a little piece of me and hopefully remember the good stuff. I hope when it is all said and done, my kids will remember the good stuff. I hope they will have lots and lots of good stuff to remember. Hopefully they will have a really good therapist to help them with that!

(Side note- I always say our kids have a college fund, a mission fund, and a therapy fund. The therapy fund is the biggest of the 3.)

Quote of the day- I saw this on a church billboard and thought how fitting for my ponderings of the week.

'Life has many choices; Eternity has only two'

Gratitudes
1. My kids saying their prayers.
2. My new 'dressy' flip-flops
3. Tomatoes we bought from the road side stand- perfectly ripe
4. A good baseball talk with my 11 yr old son- about my beloved Red Sox
5. Having the 2 yr old's haircut turn out adorable and having him cooperate for it!