Saturday, Ken & Linda invited us to Blackstone to visit Bevell's Hardware Store for their
annual train display, and to have lunch with Uncle Joe and Aunt Page.This has been an annual trek for Charlie, but Will & Matt had not yet met the trip.
The boys absolutely loved the trains, Will especially is a train nut. Since we rode the Santa train the previous Sat. we had to explain that these were "little trains" so we heard let's go see "little trains" several times on the way down from Matt & Will. The snow display was also a hit, and it all felt like a step back in time, seeing the town come together and celebrate with a packed house. We had a really nice lunch and then headed to the cemetery as Linda had flowers for Grandma/Mr Sharrer's gravesite. I realized that morning, that Dec. 17th was Mrs. Sharrer's birthday, but had no realization that it would have been her 100th birthday since her birth in 1911. Even more meaning for me in seeing her grave, with Jan. 5th as my Grandma Boaz's birthday, which was the day she died in 2002.
It was very special to watch Charlie, Matt & Will running around, placing flowers and singing (well, shouting) in the cemetery and thinking how much she would have loved it. The drive back really had me thinking about the Circle of Life and how much I wish some of my circles could've crossed more. I kept thinking about how many people have left this world since Jon and I got married and how many, especially our children, our nieces and our nephews have joined. It's hard to think of it all somedays, but for Saturday it was special to take part in that moment.
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| Will concentrating on the train display |
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| Matt taking in the snow |
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| Charlie catching flakes |
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| Matt catching flakes |
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