Death.
It's been a week of goodbyes. We said our final goodbyes to my dear friend Terri Ruyle this past weekend. A beautiful young soul who I loved deeply and dearly. She ministered to me....she placed her Wonder Woman bracelet from her wrist to mine at my lowest point several years ago to remind me to be Strong and Courageous through the struggles. That I was stronger than I thought I was.....and I returned it back to her wrist a year later during her own struggles. I will miss her every day till I see her again.
And today, I leave for Colorado...a road trip with two girlfriends, to take Chuck's ashes to be spread by the winds of Pikes Peak.
"All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust, all return."
Ecclesiastes 3:20.
I fully believe that Chuck's soul is celebrating with God right now, but that broken down body of his that provided his means of transportation through this life on earth, I will return it to the earth it came from that maybe, in some small way, will help the earth by its return to it. It feels right to be doing this....as it never belonged to us. It always belonged to God. He formed man from the dirt of this earth and breathed life into it...He created Chuck. So its only fitting that once He removed breath from Chuck, that we would return his ashes back to the earth in which it came.
I am grateful that God entrusted ME with managing this return. So I will call this road trip, "The Return".
I am blessed to have had the gift of Terri and Chuck on my journey through this life....and have the assurance I will one day see them again.
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