The Weaver Family

What is it about the sound of rain ?  Right now I’m in the middle of a thunder and lightning storm with the rain just pouring down.   And I find it so calming.  If it wasn’t lightning I would probably go for a walk, it’s warm enough.  And intermittently the thunder and lightning subsides and the rain becomes lighter, playing a tip-tap rhythm on my roof.  It’s just peaceful and calming.

During rains like this I can remember sitting on my grandparents’ porch at the farmhouse and watching summer storms with them on a warm summers evening.  I wish I could still do that.  Unfortunately my grandfather passed away a few years back, and my grandmother (according to the doctor) is in her last stage of this life.  I got this news last week.  But overall I’m not really shocked or surprised by it.  She’s lived a long life, she’s lived a good life.  She’s impacted a lot of people’s lives for the good, she was and is a great grandmother, and I will miss her.  But I know right now physically she is in a lot of pain.  I pray for her peace and comfort above all else.  I wish she could hear this rain storm with me right now, she would enjoy it, because we enjoyed a few rain storms together when I was growing up.

Grandma, I love you.  I don’t say it often enough.

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Remember when a drug problem had nothing to do with amphetamines, or cocaine, marijuana, or anything of the sort?  It had more to do with your upbringing.  Somebody posted this on a chat board I belong too and I thought it was relevant and poignant.  And just a little sad.  If only……

Thanks Mom and Dad, for my dragging me around.  I appreciate it.  As apparently the author of this piece did also.

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How often do you go through life thinking, “I’ll remember this moment for the rest of my life?”  We all have them.  Some of them are easy to recognize.  Why?  Because the moment  just hit you so damn hard.  Either, the moment  drops you to your knees ’cause you hurt so bad or your laughing ’cause it was funny.   The moment, that one second, it can take your breath away, it can give you your second wind.

I’ve had a bunch over my lifetime.

• The night my grandmother died.  I woke up before the phone rang.  Weird moment.  I miss her to this day.
• The day my dad told me he would be wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life.
• The day I knew we were pregnant with our son.
• The night I asked my then girlfriend to marry me.
• The day we exchanged our wedding vows.
• The day my son was born.
• The day my mom called to tell me my grandfather was dying.
• The next day on the way up to see my grandfather, and my mom telling me he passed on.

These are the obvious ones.  But then there are those ones that are subtle.  The ones that sometimes means just as much, but just aren’t as glaringly obvious.

• The first time my son fell asleep on my chest, all 9 lbs, 1 oz of him.  His breathing and mine synced.  Just something about it.
• The first time we went on family vacation other than to see family.  What a time.
• Splashing in liquid sunshine with my family.
• The baseball game I took my son to see.
• The first time my son asked for homework help with Math.
• Sunset over the Colorado Rockies.
• Crossing Donner’s Pass in near white-out conditions.  Terrifying but memorable.

Some memorable moments just mean family. Others mean personal achievement, or  just getting out the other side alive.  It’s not always a straightforward meaning, that’s what’s so cool about it.  The memories, the meanings to you.  Just remember that life is too short to take too seriously, and in the end you don’t get out alive.  What are your most memorable moments?

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