Reflections

As I reflect on the more than 24 years we lived in Oliver before moving to Chilliwack, I think of so many experiences that have brought joy and wonder, so many friends and acquaintances we have come to know, so many mistakes I’ve made that caused grief and have taught me lessons, but also many great and enjoyable events that have provided good memories. Many are the funerals and memorials that I’ve conducted or attended as well as joyful weddings and social events. It’s overwhelming! Put together they remind me that:

inheritance may be a material thing or money we give to someone;

memories are impressions, good or bad, that we leave with someone;

but a legacy is the difference, positive or negative, that we make in someone.

As one song says: When we’re gone, long gone, the only thing that will have mattered is the love that we shared and the way that we cared, when we’re gone, long gone.

May what we leave behind draw someone to the sunny side,

Henry Wiebe