Traveling.....

Sometimes, when we are traveling, there are a lot of memories to go with the traveling - a specially if there is a special celebration involved.  Sometimes the memories are sad - either because of the reason for the travel OR because someone is no longer a part of the traveling.  Sometimes the traveling is for a celebration which brings back good memories and laughter.

This weekend I have been traveling to celebrate a grandchild’s graduation from high school and the next’s child’s finishing his associates degree preparing to start into the last two years of college.  (NEXT year the second grandchild will graduate from high school.)  Celebrating these “ending” events, while encouraging the future events, brought back a lot of memories.

The biggest memory was of traveling with Dad and the time we came to celebrate my then oldest (first) grandchild’s first birthday.  It was pretty exciting.  I had even finishded a “family tradition” quilt by said birthday - pretty special for me!  The laughter came as my son asked my Dad to play ping pong.  He thought 30 something would be able “beat” 80 something.  Dad ran him all around the ping pong table!  Dad creamed grandson!  Then Dad explained he had been the 2nd in ping pong in his high school - second to Dad’s big brother.

Yes, some memories are sad - but we celebrate the love they had for us and the Communion of the Saints.  But there are also the memories of the laughter shared!