Season of Change

Fall quickly arrived in Colorado like the flick of a switch. Bam! It is no longer summer. The temperatures are cooler, the days shorter and the leaves are beginning to change. Although I want to fight it, resistance is useless. It's coming, so I might as well embrace it.

Makes me think of life changes. Even though we don't want some changes to happen, they do. I'm attending a funeral tomorrow of a man who has been like a father to me for 29 years. My initial response was pure anger...it wasn't fair and I wasn't happy about it. But, I knew anger wouldn't serve me well, so I put my energies into praying for healing and quality of life. Given only two months to give, Dallas made it a year and a half. He fought hard, and God blessed us with Dallas just a little longer.

Loss of loved ones is a most difficult change. I've been here before with my mom and dad. What I've learned is that we are forever changed because of it, but we must live on in honor of the love we received from them. And thankfully, we have memories to warm our hearts on those cold and dreary days of grief.

So with the changing of the seasons this year, my life will forever change. The world won't be quite as bright without Dallas in it, but I pray I can be half the person he was and give to the world he spent his life changing for the better.