Living Our Dash

A year has gone by.

There are times that it seems only yesterday that Sherry passed on. Then there are days that seem may never end.

As I look back, I see how life moves on. The events that made the day, week, months and year.

Events are the things that happen to us, and around us, that we remember. Whether good or bad, events will continue to happen.

This past month, I have attend funerals of my friends' family's. In both services a poem named "The Dash" was recited. The Dash is a poem that talks about the dash on a memorial stone, between the birth date and the death date. It is small, but it represents the life that the person lived.

As I think about this dash, it is for those whom have died, their events, their life.

Then I think about it for us; we just have the date at the beginning, the birth date. We are still drawing our own line that connects us to the second date.

I cant help but think, if we were to draw a line from our birth date and continue that line to an approximately date (that represents the moment we think we may die), and in this line, we can write all the events that we would like to be remembered for, what would we write?

I believe we would write the most memorable events we can, because we will record these events, remembering our life can end at any time, before our approximate date.

So I live the best I can, writing memorable events along the way. I want to do things that will be remembered for, by my family and friends, today and for many years later.

Soon we will be ending this blog and will turn our attention to newer ways to let you know what is happening in our lives. I am being told that I need to get on Facebook. Yep, it shows my age, I ask "what is facebook?", well soon I shall learn.

As I end I must share one new event about our family. As in many of our past posts, we've talked about our family. Well, Friday at 10:15 am, our family grew to include one more.

Jeremy and Becky are blessed with another little girl, named Sophia Marie Hagerman. Our events continue, and joy keeps entering into our lives.

I am a very happy Grandfather.

Pictures will follow soon.

-Dave, Grandpa, Papa