Tracie Mark
Daddy and I have been spending some time in reflection today about the goodness and Sovereignty of the God we serve. How our lives were thrust together and changed forever when my mother left us 48 years ago. Today would have been my mother Judy’s 75th birthday so we celebrated her. Also today, 11 years ago this man watched me carted off to prison handcuffed and shackled facing a ten-year sentence as a result of my choices from dealing with that abandonment. As I turned to say goodbye he said: “I love you and I’ll pray for you every day.” A year later when I walked out of those same gates nine years early and on the Anniversary of her death, he said: “I told you prayer works.” Doesn’t it though. Dad also reminded me today that sometimes you have to go backward in order to go forward. There were decades I couldn’t even speak of my mom, let alone celebrate her birthday, but the fact is, she was a person and had a life way before she had me. One that shaped her path as well. I’m so very glad to say that today I can honestly say with love in my heart “Happy birthday mom. You are missed.”
Footnote: As I was leaving today dad got too close to the door saying goodbye and his bracelet monitor set of an alarm indicating a dementia patient going outside. We both sighed and daddy said “It looks like I’m the one on lockdown now. Pray that prayer for me that I prayed for you” I nodded and said “you got it, daddy,” but with angst in my heart because his freedom will transcend these doors and into eternity. But a promise is a promise and I do so hate to see him here as much as he hated to see me there. Make peace with your past so you can be free to face your future ♥️
“Whom the Son sets free is free indeed.”
John 8:36
— at Veterans Nursing Home.
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