Significant Others for the Holidays

Nrdsb4
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:47:16 +0000

I like your mother and REALLY like your husband. Life is too short and wonderful to spend on revising or ignoring what has been part of what you are today.



Amen. For my Mom’s memorial service slide show, my sister asked me if it would be okay to include a few photos of Mom which included my Dad (not her Dad). I told her to ask the one whose opinion counted the most, my stepdad (her father). She said “Oh, I already did, and he said of course it was okay.” He understood that you can’t erase a person’s past, as we are all the product of our life experiences. I thought that was incredibly classy. Not that this would be the right thing to do in each and every situation, but it was a very kind thing for my stepdad to do. Also, he is very secure in the fact that he was the love of my Mom’s life.