Easter 2009

THIS
is the place for Easter.
It is what Easter is all about!

I know it's only her little body that is laid to rest here
but it is where she will be resurrected!
This is where our little one will join us -
whole, without birth defects.
What a glorious day that will be!
Just imagine all these graves yielding up their dead.

This is a reverent place.
It's on the mountain side,
home to many bunnies, and deer, other wild life.
Last year we even donated a bunny to
East Lawn Estates :)

We walk, we ponder, we "visit" those we know.

What a wonderful piece of God's land.
What a blessing that He shares it with us.
I feel the Lord's presence easily while I'm here.

Amelia fits in that space between Claire and Abbie.
Our missing step.
Hard as it was, the sacred, precious, experiences are what comes to my mind.
Thank you, Amelia, for blessing our lives.

And every year the children are bigger...
this year was strange,
two of our children are now men and have moved on
to the places they're supposed to be.

This is Kevin's grave.
Kevin's parents are dear friends of ours.
Kevin was killed last fall in a tragic car accident.
I was delighted when they chose "our" cemetery.