Forever Is For Dreamers
We went to a funeral today for the mother of the husband of Jenny's best friend Amy. It was a sweet ceremony. The attendees sang " It Is Well With My Soul ," a favorite protestant hymn of this atheist. Penned in 1873 by a Chicago lawyer who first lost his wealth in the Great Chicago Fire, then his four year old son, then his four daughters on a ship that sank in the Atlantic. He was inspired and wrote the lyrics as he neared the place the ship sank that took his girls' lives. It puts things in perspective. I may need to stop kvetching. If only I had faith in something. I may be wrong, but it felt entirely like Mark, Amy's husband, was utterly rude to me when we interacted. I suspect Jenny's lies to Amy have changed the way he feels about me. We had always been warm and friendly toward one another. Jenny went to the funeral without covering her head. She is so brave. I want that fortitude. Looked at some homes last n...