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Saturday, April 30, 2022

LIFE AMONG THE RUINS

The month of May is going to be c.r.a.z.y.b.u.s.y. … a lot going on; so, today I decided to drive to Eden Valley and collect the memorial grave vases; so they could be replaced with newer/updated ones for the family plots.

First, I needed to prepare myself mentally.

Then I needed to grab some coffee on the way out of town.

And I needed music – music that I could jack the volume up and just let it rip. I thumbed through the disc folders until I found a CD that would fit the mood of the moment: then I slipped it into the player, stepped on the gas petal, and made tracks for my destination.

Going to Eden Valley to collect the flower vases for refills.
Rocky Road sounds good ... emotionally, it will be a 'rocky' day, today.
Eden Valley Cemetery from Longview - via Ocean Beach Highway & WA-4 W; 2 hr 10 min (102.10 mi). Straight there and back, no side roads.
Music for the road ... Bob's handwriting makes me smile; and it keeps the memory of him present.

I played that CD all the way to the Eden Valley Cemetery 😊

Enroute, driving the Eden Valley Road, I spotted a Bald-headed Eagle.

Memories of Bob in the flesh were poignant as the music blared.

Thoughts of Bob now, in his spirit body were also poignant; and I knew as I watched the eagle take flight, that Bob was thoroughly enjoying his life above the clouds. Bob always loved to fly (he was only 20 hours away from getting his pilot’s license when we married: it was his choice to let that aspiration fall by the wayside – I encouraged him to continue the instruction) … no doubt he’s having the time of his life in the great blue yonder. And beyond πŸ˜‰

Eden Valley; Iron Butterfly, 'Mirage' song.
Iron Butterfly – ‘My Mirage’ song:
Eden Valley Road, Rosburg-WA
Bald-headed Eagle.

The entire mood of the moment was pure Bob. Bob loved Iron Butterfly. Bob loved Eagles. Bob loved Yeshua; and I am sure Bob loves palling around with Yeshua, now. Bob is not unhappy in his New Life.

And I am trying to get happy in my New Life, down here on Earth. It’s a continual work in progress, and I have made good leaps and bounds in that forward progression. I really have nothing to complain about, in this New Life of mine: Elohim had been very gracious – and faithful.

I just miss Bob.

In the flesh.

Thankfully, The Ruach Ha’Kodesh doesn’t let my thoughts dwell on that.

My wandering thoughts are firmly reined in, and redirected.

As I walk from family plot to family plot, finally reaching our Plot … my thoughts are focused on Life.

There is life flourishing in this place of ruin (death is ruination of everything we have known before the Grim Reaper came to collect on our life’s mortgage). And though my husband’s cremains lie here, I know that Bob’s spirit is fully alive and enjoying life as he never experienced Life before.

Joy is the flip-side of sadness.

I am thankful to see so much of life’s force blossoming abundantly 😊

Eden Valley Pioneer Cemetery; Iron Butterfly, 'Termination'.
Iron Butterfly – ‘Termination’ song:
Wildflower Wood Hyacinths outside the perimeters ...
Grandpa & Grandma Smalley's Bouquet collected.
Dad Hargand's Bouquet collected.
Bob's Bouquet collected ...
Someone left a b.i.g. flocked bow exactly where Bob's cremains lie; I don’t know who, but I thank them – and by the looks of it, it’s been there a couple months.
Today's gatherings will be replaced with updated new bouquets.
More Wood Hyacinths - inside the cemetery perimeters.
Purple hued ornamental Maple bursting with color.
White Daffodils.
Rhododendron tree in full bloom; busy bees buzzing from blossom to blossom urged me to keep moving ...

I like to keep Bob’s Plot Solar Light jazzed up, or replaced; so I brought that home to see if it still has life in it πŸ˜‰ I also noticed that there was a solar light at Dad Hargand’s headstone – and I know that I didn’t place the lamp at Dad’s plot, or the big blue bow at Bob’s placement: both have been deliberately placed … I’d like to find out who did it, and thank them for being thoughtful.

Back home, I set the solar lights aimed at the sunrays: if they don’t spark, I have some others that I can take back to Eden Valley with me later this month.

Placed in direct line of sunlight ... if these lamps are played out, they will be replaced.

The solar lights kinda reflect our relationship with Elohim: our lives only catch a spark of life when we stayed tuned to the Sonlight 😊

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