What are two words your kids will talk about as adults when they describe memories of you?
Dare to dance in the grocery store. Grabbing a partner is encouraged.
It is Monday morning. Everyone is off to work and school. The weekend has been full and too short. I guarantee you I will not be dancing in a grocery store. I’m living in Germany. Serious and orderly Germany. I think they would hall me off to some clinic for evaluation if I began to dance in the store. Crazy old lady on isle 4…
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| my family when I was about 5 years old. I miss my dad. |
What do I want my kids to say about me? The question almost sounds like its missing the words “when I die”. Maybe that isn’t implied, but that is how I read it. I just lost my dad 10 months ago. I was the one who preached at his celebration of life. I had to think hard about what I would say about him. But the words were so easy to find. I think limiting the words to two would be the hard part. The words my kids find should also just come. I imagine they will have different memories. I’m sure I’ve meant something different for each of them. I have 5 kids. But I am “for them”. I am “for their best”. And I love God. Does this actually answer the question? I guess advocate and Christ-follower could cover it? I’m not done raising them. I have teenagers. It is not easy. But I am for them…for their best. And I need God to give me wisdom, today and every day. I drive my 25 year old autistic daughter Jessica around a lot. We always listen to different CD’s. Right now it’s a “WOW” CD of various Christian artists. And there is a song by Nicole Norseman called “I want to leave a legacy”. I don’t think much about what my kids will say. I know they love me. They don’t always like me. I care what Jesus says. Well done is my goal. All the rest is starting to not matter much to me. I cannot say I’m totally free from the opinions of others. I’m just moving in that direction. And it feels right to focus on the only opinion that counts. Maybe you just grow a thick skin with teenagers? Or maybe heaven looks so much closer when you lose your dad? Maybe both?
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| My beautiful daughter Jessica Renee. Her name means God's gift Rebirth |
I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much…
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such'n'such ... it wouldn't matter much…
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy