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8/31/2016 3 Comments

Farewell August 

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And I say a hearty farewell to August. I can't say I'm sorry to see you go. For one thing, it has been unbearably hot most of the month. Of course if we are honest with ourselves, there is no surprise in that for us here in So Cal. I hear it has been just as miserable in the midwest, the northeast, the south...well just about everywhere. I think the Europeans have the right idea: close down everything you can and go to the Mediterranean, or anywhere cool. Yet here, in the US, we send our kids back to school during the hottest time of the year. What the...

Anyway, for me it was a mixed bag of events. Several deaths turned my world upside down. Death, it is apparent, is our constant companion. It is a specter haunting us all along life's way. We can resist it, we can fight it, but sooner or later, it seems to win. But yet, I wonder, does it ever really win? No one ever dies who has been loved in this world. And I truly believe there is something we transition into that is much better than this proverbial "veil of tears."

Honestly, I do not believe life here is meant to be all sadness. It is really more of a learning experience. The month of August this year emphatically reminded me of that; what with good friends, beloved pets, and world events with so many senseless deaths. August had them all.
There is a lesson in all this. It is a lesson sometimes I forget, but in months like August usually I come back to the understanding that life is for living. Death is a teacher. We each much come to grips with the fact that earthly death is inevitable. No matter how much it hurts or cause us anguish.

But life goes on.

​So its with that is mind, I say a hearty farewell to August this year. I hope when you return next year, you will behave yourself. I really want to like you, but you have to meet me half way.

​Happy September.

3 Comments
Charles Florence
8/31/2016 06:45:06 pm

Well put my friend, including your thoughts on life and after life.
These are my sentiments also.

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Debbie Brooks
8/31/2016 08:42:13 pm

Very beautiful Rob....your right our loved ones do not really leave us because we feel their love all around us. This of course includes our beloved fur babies. I even have dreams about my little babies...

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bette
9/1/2016 10:45:27 am

WHILE THE LAST OF AUGUST WAS GOOD TO ME AUGUST WAS
SUCH A DIFFICULT MONTH FOR YOU NEVER TO BE REPTEATED I PRAY MY NIECE WENT THRUGH A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME SELLING HER LOVELY HOME TO MEAN PEOPLE
AND MOVING BUT SHE HAD ALL OF US TO UNLOAD ON AND WE
HOPE IT HELPED HER WELCOMING SEPTEMVR WIT H YOU

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