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Giving Thanks for the Best Days of Our Lives

8/8/2020

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Gracious God, thank you for the days, the moments, the seasons that stand out in our memories as the best times in our lives. Thanks for:
  •  A long-ago summer of falling in love and a surprise trip planned by a spouse as an act love.
  • Looking into the face of a grandchild and seeing the culmination of the happy things of a lifetime.
  • Sharing a wedding day with parents as they renewed their vows on their 60th anniversary.
  • College years that provided a blank slate and the freedom to be oneself.​
  • The extraordinary support of family and friends after a surprise proposal and a laid-back island honeymoon filled with flowers and beach time.
  • A childhood in the country with the freedom to spend all day outside and a second chance to be free and ponder life during retirement.
  • A former student’s words of thanks for being there when he needed you the most.
  • Being surrounded by family members on a cruise and being alone in the wilderness.
  • Marrying the person with whom you would share life, including children, grandchildren, and retirement.
  • Receiving news that a child was ready for you to adopt and watching an aging mother jump for joy when she learned her granddaughter would become a mother.
  • Learning from an orchestra conductor to find beauty in whatever part you play.
  • Having an excited granddaughter run and jump into your arms and a room of people stand to applaud your volunteer service.
  • Being surrounded by people from different stages and parts of your life as you take a significant step along your journey.
 For these and all the other best times of our lives, we give thanks. Amen.
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    Kathryn Palen

    Associate Executive Minister
    ​for Elder Care Ministries

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