This past weekend was one of celebration and support.
In December of 2003 my older sister, Norma, died on the operating table, just before Christmas. She left her husband of 18.5 years, Don. He was devastated. Lost. Didn't know which way to turn. He did sell the farm house and moved in with his sister about 8 hour drive away and she and hubby helped him in his journey through grief.
He was involved in a church in Kitchener and while there met a lovely woman. He and Kerry were married on Saturday (September 16). It was a pleasure for most of his in-laws to show up to celebrate with him. My Mom - his 'former' mother-in-law - was listed in the bulletin as "Mom MacKinnon". I had the privilege of singing during the ceremony (while they signed the guest register) and my husband looked after the sound machine. A great celebration of joy.
Then on the way home we stopped in the city of Barrie. Our late son, Graham, called Barrie 'home' since 2000. There we met with a number of his friends and had supper together and they shared memories of Graham with us. It has been over a year since he died and we all needed this time together. It was wonderful - over 3 hours together!
So we finally arrived in our driveway after having driven over 1700 km (over 1000 miles), tired, but happy.
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