Life and Legacy

A Few Thoughts: On this Easter season morning.

 

 Today, I look upon legacy, and remembrance.

I took these pictures this morning. The clematis we planted several years ago has resurrected itself once again as it has begun climbing up the makeshift trellis beside my  Mom's memorial in our backyard garden. The bench for Dad stands sturdy, and steadfast beside the basswood tree just a few feet away. I cannot wait to sit beneath the shade it provides on Summer Sunday mornings as I gather my thoughts in prayer. The humming bird atop the trellised ladder represents so many wonderful blessings, and qualities that I cannot reference them all here this morning. Let it suffice to say Mom held firm to faith, fellowship, and family. Dad's strength held our home together from its block foundation below to the rafters up above. He could be a gruff "old man" at times, but he loved so deeply he rarely let it shine. It was always at times when things looked bleakest that you could see a tear well up in the corner of his eye. 

We always had a birdhouse in our backyard at home in our little town. I put them on Dad's bench as a reminder that even the smallest of creatures could lift up a troubled soul towards heaven. This morning, I grieve for the loss of an Uncle, yet I rejoice at the same time knowing the end of one legacy leads to a glorious life ahead. And so, I wipe away a tear, and the sorrow of one life lived to see the sunshine beyond a grey horizon. Amen &

God Bless

D. Wittler 4/16/26

One Small Step, and a Trip Around the Moon

A few thoughts: One small Step, and a Trip Around the Moon.

I vaguely remember the first moon landing. I celebrated my seventh birthday that week. The grainy black, and white images still linger in my mind's eye as that first impression on a dusty surface gave a sudden sigh of relief that man had finally reached one step further than ever before into the cosmos. 

Last night, approaching another year older on this planet much wiser, and more experienced; faith gave me a gentle nudge to the ribs how far I have come on this journey of life. On certain warm summer nights I gaze up from a camp fire to see a sky filled with stars, and yes, when the time is right, a glowing pearl shaped moon. This sight gives me hope that no matter what, God gives us a bright night light to show the way through every plight, peril, and possibility. That each of us has the opportunity to step one foot further into relationship with another human being, and God himself. 

Each time I step into my bedroom at night, I am reminded of an earthly love, and celestial realm that reads "I love you to the moon and back." That promise alone tells me I make that same commitment every hour of every day to one person, and to a God who tells me to hold true to this promise to every person on earth; if only we all could. 

And so, on this bright Saturday morning, with a warm cup of coffee in hand, and a faithful friend at my feet, I find peace knowing  that each day comes with a choice: To love, or not to love, that is the ultimate question. If only we all could take that one small Step, and a Trip Around the moon! 

Amen, God Bless All!

D.A. Wittler 

 4/11/26