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January 14, 2009

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Bring My Flowers Now: Cidney

To the best of my recollection, the first time I ever knew there was a Cidney orbiting our little world, was from a picture at a wedding in Michigan. Back then our lives were so distanced from Kase that I only caught snippets of where he was going and what he was doing through Honey. She was much better at staying in touch and staying informed on his whereabouts and activities. I remember he was going to Michigan to perform his first wedding, or be in the wedding, (see I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the details), and I generally only kept up with the arrivals and departures — let me know when you leave, let me know that you made it. Somewhere around that time Honey showed me a picture he was in, standing beside one of two twin girls. I remember both of us just kind of looking at one another and saying, “Mmmmmhmmmmm”. Shortly after seeing this picture I started hearing the name “Cidney” a lot more often. I still didn’t stay close to the latest information but the n...

Poppy Seeds

I can’t recall the first time I met Glen Gilmer, a man I would come to know better as Poppy. It was almost certainly in an elders, deacons, preacher meeting at the Lake City church of Christ. I don’t recall when we first met, but I remember vividly the last time I saw him. Just over a year and a half ago, Honey and I made a trip back to Lake City to visit with some friends. When Wednesday night rolled around we found ourselves doing what we did most every Wednesday night during our five years in Lake City. After Bible class we would head over to Zaxby’s to eat a late supper with our surrogate family: Scott and Maryanne Gilmer, Maryanne’s mother and brother, Joyce Dickey and Tom, and Scott’s parents, Betty and Glenn Gilmer. I don’t know how this tradition began, but more Wednesday nights than not ended at Zaxby’s, not because of the food, but for the company. I can’t say that I remember any particular one of those nights over the others, or any topic of conversation more than...

Bring My Flowers Now: Magnolia

At the time of this writing I haven’t seen you in a week. You don’t realize how much you depend upon smiles, laughs, and hugs from someone until you can’t have them close by. This morning I sat looking at the pictures from your two photo shoots — one with Santa and one for your first birthday — and I realized just how much I missed you. There haven’t been very many days since you were born that I haven’t seen you for at least a minute — long enough for a hug and a kiss. You’d think I’d be well versed in waiting to see you after the week where we waited for your arrival. I spent most of the night before you were born in the chapel praying these words from the prophet Isaiah: Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord. “Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?” says your God…Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pa...

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