A Dusting of the Cobwebs: Lynn's Mom....

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Sep 2, 2014

Lynn's Mom....

I am going to a viewing for Lynn's Mom, Edith Powell Walker, tonight at the Sunburg Mortuary in Orem Utah.

She died the 24 of Aug. in American fork, at the age of 92. Lynn was asked by the Bishop-rick of her ward, to offer the family prayer tomorrow at the viewing before her funeral.
She was buried beside her husband Bernard William Walker in the Orem City Cementary, Sept 3 2014.

As I looked upon her body in the casket I did not recognize her. She had lost a lot of weight. My guess would be she was some where around 240 the last time I saw her alive. In her casket she was very thin. No matter how I looked at her face, she was unrecognizable to me. I even wondered if the mortuary had made a mistake and put the wrong body in the casket. My feelings were, that I did not know this person.

The viewing at the mortuary was very nice. Lots of family, friends, and neighbors of hers came.
The funeral was held Sept 3, in American Fork at her ward where she was living. Despite all the hostile feelings, the funeral went well.

Paulette and James and the boys were in attendance, also David, his kids Melody and Darren with his xwife, were there. Our friend Larry Johnson, who we went to school with, was also there.
Jodie and Will and Bella came to the viewing at the mortuary the night before.

Lynn Troy Kay Terry

Family gathered before the viewing at the mortuary started.
Judy sitting in a chair with Cathy and Terry behind her

A Dusting of the Cobwebs