A Eulogy to Bob Cook
There were so many of you who wanted to be there for Dad’s memorial today; but time and distance made it understandably tough. I thought I’d get you the adapted notes of my eulogy for him. Thanks so much for your love and support!
Everybody Wins – One Dad’s Perspective on World Down Syndrome Day
Life is just as crazy as ever with a mountain of projects and a stacked up calendar. But a week before World Down Syndrome Day, it took a kid stringing fruit cereal on a pipe cleaner to remind me of what’s really going on.
First Birthday Apart…
There are totems and touchstones of my dad everywhere that make me smile. But we are at a big milestone that is making the heaviness return just a bit. It’s a mix of sorrow and gratitude with which I step into his first birthday that I can’t celebrate with him.
Owning the Rain – Awaiting the Sun
Strange weather this week – and more work to do…
The Magnificent Contraction
It’s not from the Farm on Willow Road, but there’s still something to say…
Letting Go and Clearing the Canvas
From the moment we accepted the offer on the farm to the July morning we drove away, there was a truly insane amount of work to do. But what does it look like to do the even larger emotional work of actually letting go?
Why I’m Not Looking Forward to Christmas
I’m sitting in a coffee shop on a chilly day a week or so after Thanksgiving pondering a question:
Is it okay to love Jesus but dread Christmas?
The Work
We had the buyer, but there was still a ton of work to do – practically and emotionally. Here’s some insight on that journey…
The “Why”
Why the hell would you sell the farm?
I can only speak for myself in answer to that question – even though this was a family decision. And as I reflected over the last season, I was a little surprised to discover that it was years in the making.
Cry
So let me put it out there right from the beginning: I did a lot of crying this summer. The reasons for that will unfold over the next few posts as I tell the story of a real inflection point in the life of our family.