2013-09-27

Legacy

Some of my favorite people in the world lost their father today. I guess lost is the wrong word, they know where he is, but he has passed on from earth. I'm not sure why this has impacted me so much, why I sit here with tears streaming down my face, but the more I think about it, the more I realize the impact this man had.

I didn't know him well, but I know most of his kids and grandkids. They are amazing people. This man has left behind a legacy of people who are impacting the world wherever they are. They have those family bonds that make other families jealous. They are making movies, being creative, being musical, adopting high needs children, affecting whatever community they live in and in general, leaving the world a better place than they found it. 

These friends of mine are truly amazing, not that they don't have flaws and struggles and challenges, but they rise to the challenge, they face their struggles and they work on their flaws better than most people I know. These are broad strokes I'm taking to describe them, but truly they are beautiful people.

And my thoughts are for legacy and what we leave behind. If my legacy is half as amazing as his was, I'll have a good thing. And you know, the thing is, they're all just following their dreams because they were told that they could. Because a father & mother supported them and cheered them on. They poured into their children and their grandchildren and they have a living legacy to show for it.

Maybe I'm trying to be too deep about this, but as my heart grieves with my friends, it also rejoices for what is still here. It's difficult to express in words the love I feel for my extended family, and how I grieve with them, but there it is.


For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39