Good Morning,
Happy Memorial Day!
Have you ever had a time when something that you knew, with all your heart and mind, to be true turned out to not be true? The finding out the truth can be literally earthshaking in its impact in our lives.
My Grandfather, Sam Bass and my Grandmother, Dolly, were planning a trip to
That is, until he received the legal copy of his birth certificate. I can only imagine what he thought when he opened the paperwork and read his name, but only the name on the birth certificate was not the name he knew.
It said ‘Colwin Bass’.
Imagine being in your mid sixties and finding out your real name is not your real name. How would you feel? In addition to the shock, my Grandfather took it in stride and went through the rest of the paperwork to get his passport updates, which had just become a bit more complicated. He and my Grandmother did get to go to
Earlier in my life, I had one of those moments too. In the sixth grade, I had a genealogy project to work on. I had spoken to Grandmother Dolly already and was now talking to my Grandmother Dottie. She told me stories of our family coming from
It was one of those rare moments when I had nothing to say (I think I can count them on my fingers).
In the end, I found out about my family and I moved on.
This past weekend, we adopted a dog (a rescue) named ‘Petey’, and well, it is shaking the foundations of my world. I think this is God’s answer to my need to exercise. Since I don’t seem to do it for myself, I now have to do it for the dog. Today was a nice power-walk, and later today and tomorrow will be more of them.
That is the key, when information which you base your life on, your name, who your family is, what you do in life, etc., turn out to the false or not what you expected, after the initial shock, it is time to move on.
People can get fixated on what has changed and cannot let go of it. Sadly, some folks hold onto these earthshaking moments for years. It is like being held prisoner to these events and not being able to move on.
You can move on. The first step is to step back and take a deep breath, and understand that this too shall pass. You know those famous words. They truly work. Look at the new reality in your life and decide what YOU want to do with it. If it is a huge change, then take some time, if you are able to think and pray on it.
Our foundations crumble under us from time to time; it is a fact of life.
How we act in face of them, and what we do in spite of them, defines our character and who we are.
Time to play with Petey!
Enjoy!
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