We drove Beckie and Max to St. Louis on Friday
night. She flies to Hawaii on
Tuesday. Poor Beckie had to work at MBS
all week up through Thursday so she had an intense 24 hours to finish all her
packing. I helped as much as I could
when I finished my teaching for the day.
Oi, her four suitcases are HEAVY.
And, she has many priority boxes full of items I will mail to her once
she gets settled. BUT, I will give her
credit – she REALLY purged her life and whittled her many belongings (31 years
worth!) down to almost NOTHING. And,
now, wherever I look around the house, I see things that belonged to her and I
am reminded that she has really left and then I get a little sad and even weepy,
sometimes.
It got REALLY weepy Saturday afternoon. We had left for Columbia and Beckie had gone
on an errand with Brandon and she had left Max behind at the Southerland house. Well, Max was already on heightened alert
that maybe Beckie was going to leave him (packing, suitcases, leaving in the
morning for Soulard Farmer’s Market – more about that later) so I am sure he
felt that his person was gone for good and he set out on his own Incredible Journey to find her as soon
as he saw an open door (while Joe was coming in and out). Fast forward about two hours to first time he
was missed and I got a tearful and panicked cell call from Emily to pray that
he be found. So, that is what we all
did. We prayed and wept and hoped and
feared. And, thank Heavenly Father, Max
was found a couple of hours later. He
got about seven houses away around the corner and was picked up by a fellow who
could tell he was pampered and valued and I guess he hoped for a reward – which
he got. I still get a pain in my heart
thinking what MIGHT have been. My
testimony of the power of prayer just got even stronger yesterday.
Sadie with her best friend, Max.
To end on a more cheerful note, we went (sans Max) to the farmer's market at Soulard on Saturday morning.....
Steve and me outstanding in our field...
Emily and Noah visit with a sidewalk musician
Noah and Lucy at the market
Sadie was quite the hit at the farmer's market - she loved being carted around in Beckie's purse.
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