One day I'll go through a whole Friday without reliving every hour. We got the news at.... We took her off life support at.... We moved up to hospice at ....
One day I will go a whole Saturday and not remember that at 6:27 she left my side and was in the arms of Jesus. One day. It just isn't going to be this Friday or this Saturday.
This Saturday is September 21st and it is Lynda's birthday. Her first birthday in Paradise. I am so excited for her. I don't know if anyone in Paradise continues to think about birthdays. I expect they celebrate the day they saw Jesus and every day thereafter is like a birthday celebration and like no celebration we humans have ever experienced. I know that it will be the first birthday that she has had the ability to know and recognize and communicate with people. We know that is happening in Paradise because the Bible tells us the story of Lazarus in Paradise and the rich man in hell begging for Lazarus to dip his finger into water. Abraham explained that while they could see each other there was a barrier between the two that no one could pass from one to the other. They knew each other. They recognized each other even before they had their new resurrected bodies.
It just gives me chills to think about Lynda opening her eyes in the arms of Jesus and being able to talk and understand all He says to her. To be able to recognize and talk to her Daddy and her Granddaddy Anderson. I just can't imagine how different Lynda is on this birthday than any other she has ever had. There is peace and no pain. Every year when she was little we had a theme for her birthday. The first one was a kitty cake because Lynda could say "kitty kitty". One had a train on it because she said "Choo Choo". When she was older we had a clown come to her party at Scott Center.
This year's theme is Paradise and the celebration will last an eternity.
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