What is "NORMAL"?

Everyone talks about the "new normal" after you lose a child. I don't believe "normal" will ever return to my house after my 18 year old son, Max, was killed in a car crash on 8/6/10. "Normal Died With Max", and this blog is about the life I have without him.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Thank You

Originally posted as a facebook note on 8/12/10 - The two words "Thank You" cannot adequately express the flood of love we have experienced since Friday.   As Christians, we are the hands and feet of Jesus here to serve others for Him, and I have truly seen the hands and feet of Jesus here in my home.  There have literally been so many people serving our family that it is a blur.  My laundry has been done several times, my house completely cleaned by a crew before the funeral, my physical need for food met at every meal, my dishes done, my lawn mowed, my grandfathers lawn mowed so that my son could stay with us, errands run for us, my bills mailed for me because I had no stamps, and on and on.  My closest friends have been here for me even while they are deep in grief themselves.   People say "if you need anything ..." and I have said it myself!  It feels very different on the receiving end.  I have tried to allow others to do what I would normally just do myself rather than ask.  I am going to try and continue to do that.  But I could never remember each and every act of service, my brain is just not absorbing everything going on.  So THANK YOU, and I thank God for you.

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