Thank you everyone for your support. Children sure can teach us a lot of the kind of person you should be. I just about finished my eulogy, have to fine tune it, my sister said she was pleased that I am wrote it. I was at my parents last night. My sister and her husband had been gone most of the day doing the dreadful work regarding funeral arrangement. She came back in the evening very distraught and upset and there is nothing I can do to remove the pain she is suffering. She has great faith and trust in Jesus and told me that is what is getting her through this.
My W's way of coping with things is to do one project after another. She told me that in the past. And you're right, my wife thinks I am wrong in the way I cope with things just the way I think she is wrong the way she copes with things.
My nephew taught me a lot. This is a boy who is in heaven and was a very humble person. My sister told me yesterday, that one evening at church on Holy Thursday, she couldn't get him to leave after mass. Standing right next to him she called to him, touched him, but he didn't hear her. Finally, my nephew came back and my sister questioned him. He said to her, "Mom, didn't you see the light?" She said, no and that was it. She said that she realized Steven had a vision, seeing more then just light, but out of humility, Steven didn't say what else he saw. And that is not the 1st time that has happened to him. In the gospel, Jesus does say that to enter the kingdom of heaven, one must have the heart of a child, meaning, one must be innocent and humble. He certainly taught me a lot and I have to put that into practice in my own life.
At church yesterday, my sister told me that the priest said that God has welcomed a new saint, Saint Steven. I told my daughter that this morning. She told that to my w and my w questioned me why I would say that and I just answered her that that is what the priest told my sister at mass. My w raised her eyebrows and left, a signal once again that in her mind, I said the wrong thing to my children. That is what happens to people who have no faith or trust in God.
When I finish my euology, I would like to attach it to this site as a word documnet. The funeral is this Saturday. Please continue to pray for my family, especially my sister and her husband.
