One more “Grandma Ruth Memorial Post!”
Here’s Uncle Norvin playing his trumpet so beautifully at the service. Accompanying him seamlessly on piano is Vera Hiebert. She is a long-time friend of Norv and Arlene’s, and she (like Norv and Arlene) is from Aberdeen, Idaho (eastern side). She ‘happened’ to be in this area on a Wycliffe assignment. I was really blessed by this touching piece of music.
As Norv said before he played, “This song could be Mom’s testimony to us today…” (I clipped out the congregational singing.)
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
Yesterday was the day we celebrated the life of my Grandma. It was so fitting and beautiful! So many wonderful things said about her, sang and played in her honor, and remembered about her. It would be a really long post if I mentioned everyone who contributed! It was all so good. It was really special to have so many family members and friends together—and taking part in the service.
What a beautiful woman of God! My brother Ken said in his message, “We haven’t lost her—we know where she is!”
Here’s a treat for you…this is how we ended the service.
(I clipped out the congregational singing part).
- Amazing Grace
- Harmonica
- My brother Dennis (thanks, Den!)
While this was going on outside:
Lucille (my mother-in-law) and I were inside working on this:
Yes. It’s a puzzle of the moon. We started on this a few days ago, and we have worked on it together for a while after dinner each evening this week. She brought it home from the Senior Center, and it’s GOT to be the hardest puzzle I’ve ever done. It’s all shades of bluish gray, as you can see. We have to use the magnifying glass to read the names of the craters, mountains and seas, and then find them on the lid (even smaller!) to find where they go.
Lucy and I like doing it (believe it or not!), and we are determined to finish it, but its S-L-O-W!
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