Yesterday we said goodbye, but I never really felt we had
the chance to say hello. For years I listened to the stories of your life, you
touched the hearts of many.
I never knew you during the days of the Resurrection House;
the days your charismatic personality and love for God reached out to the
hurting and the lost. You were deeply
loved by many.
Time changed things; you changed, everyone changed, some for
the better and some for the worse. It’s
all just a part of history now.
We met not long after you had begun a new journey in your
life. You did not want your son to marry
me. There was nothing I could have said
or done to meet your approval. I want to
believe that your love for your son and your own personal pain would not allow
you to accept me for who I was.
You preached surrender to God but you didn't share with me
the joy or the love that described you in the past. I wanted so badly to meet that man, if even
for just a day.
You continued to give of your time and money, to
strangers. Your family missed you. You missed our wedding, the birth and
adoption of your grandchildren, the holidays and the birthdays. You missed knowing the man that your son
became. What a tremendous loss for you.
For the words and actions that hurt so deeply, I forgive
you. I hold no bitterness or anger
toward you.
Today I grieve your passing; the passing of my husband’s
father. I grieve the loss that my
children never really met you; their grandfather.
I grieve and have hope because even amidst the mistakes and suffering,
you knew that you needed a savior. You
knew that it was not by anything you did that you could enter heaven. You knew that by grace we can become the
children of God. We did not share much
but the most important thing we shared was Jesus.
Rest in peace Bun; we will meet again and it will be new and
good. I look forward to saying
Hello.
With love,
Barbara, your Daughter-in Law
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