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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Road Trip

Took a road trip with my brother (Riley) yesterday. We went up to Defuniak Springs to visit my mom's old property and my mom and dad's graves. It was good to reminisce like that with him. As touching our immediate family, he and I are all that is left. My mom and dad are gone...and there was just the four of us to begin with. I was thinking about all the stuff my dad accomplished while he lived. It's an odd thought that right now, the only tangible connection he has with this earth is what he left behind. He himself is no longer here...but there is a residue of his presense, in our memories of him, in the lives he touched while here, in the thoughts he recorded on tape and on paper.

It makes me really wonder about what residue I'm building up to leave behind when I depart. I want to make a difference.

5 Comments:

  • okay, that picture is just creepy

    By Blogger CMD, at 11:19 AM  

  • reminds me of that nichole nordemann tune a while back...

    "i want to leave a legacy
    how will they remember me?
    did I choose to love? did i point to You enough
    to make a mark on things?
    i want to leave an offering
    a child of mercy and grace who
    blessed your name unapologetically
    and leave that kind of legacy..."

    sounds like your dad left a legacy to me.... and knowing you and your amazing wife, i know w/out a doubt that legacy will be passed to the wee woodrums and also in the lives you guys touch daily... by the way, loving the baptism videos - so incredibly moving!! you guys ROCK!! :)

    By Blogger Darla, at 12:28 PM  

  • Hey! I got "Wanderer" in the mail. I read it on your blog, and am looking forward to rereading it in the new format.

    By Blogger kingsjoy, at 6:55 AM  

  • 1. I just read the new pages on Rabbi Encounters. They're awesome.

    2. That picture really disturbs me. I know you joke about dying a lot, but seriously....don't.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:57 AM  

  • That is the best thing I have read all day…. I'm a Christian, and I'm not good at that either. Exactly how I feel. “Not very good at it”. Thank you for that.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:57 PM  

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