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| author | Collin Williams <96917990+bluedragon1221@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-10-24 20:03:03 -0500 |
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| committer | Collin Williams <96917990+bluedragon1221@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-10-24 20:03:03 -0500 |
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diff --git a/src/md/35_Some_Rain_must_Fall.md b/src/md/35_Some_Rain_must_Fall.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0ca8fd7..0000000 --- a/src/md/35_Some_Rain_must_Fall.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Some Rain Must Fall ---- - -The saying goes, \"Into every life some rain must fall.\" As I look back -I would have to say very little rain has fallen into my life. When Lori -and I began our lives together our motto was, \"We\'re so lucky!\" It -seemed like everything was going so well in our early years together -that we were being blessed much more than we deserved. We even -considered etching this motto on the inside of our wedding rings. -Everything was roses and life couldn\'t get much better.\ -\ -There have been only two times in my adult life when my sorrow was so -great that I was reduced to bitter tears of grief. I have kept these -times to myself. Not even Lori knows about these two times. I feel I can -share them now because it is a part of the point I started out with. -Only two times of overwhelming grief in 45 years of adulthood is still a -pretty good deal.\ -\ -The first time happened in Windham. I had just returned home after -attending the disciplinary council for Bill Chase which ended in his -being excommunicated from the church. Normally, only high council -members attend these meetings, but I was there as his bishop. I was so -blind-sided by the whole situation that I was in shock. I was his bishop -and home teacher, but had not seen this coming. I was alone in my -bedroom thinking about the gravity of the occasion. The enormity of the -eternal impact on so many lives overcame me to the point that I was -consumed with grief and wept bitterly. I felt like a total failure as -both the spiritual leader and stewardship holder over the welfare of -these people.\ -\ -The second time happened many years later after Lori and I had moved -back into the homestead house in Ridgefield. Getting laid off in Maine -was a severe shock and a personal tragedy, but I held it together -because there was so much to do to relocate from one coast to the other. -Through the years of figuring out what I was going to do with myself, I -just kept my head down and trudged forward. It was one of the most -difficult challenges I had ever faced. I had to totally re-invent -myself, at least in a worldly career sense. It was a difficult time, but -not one filled with grief. I still had Lori at my side and a wonderful -loving family to fall back on. I actually really enjoyed going back to -school. I felt very fortunate that I was able to do this and not have to -accumulate a staggering pile of debt. Then I landed my dream job with -Hewlett Packard. This was the culmination of three years of struggle and -effort. I finally felt like I had completed the re-invention process. I -fully expected my life to return to the earlier state of bliss and -roses.\ -\ -Loosing this dream job was a total devastation. My brother Tom and I -were working at the same job site and commuted to and from work -together. After being laid off, I had nowhere to go because Tom had -driven his car that day. Upon hearing the bad news, he offered to take -me home. It was a silent and sober drive home, but I held my grief in. -Lori was not home when I arrived there and my grief finally spilled out -in great waves of sobbing that surprised even me. Once again, my dream -had been shattered. By the time Lori arrived home, I had recovered -sufficiently to appear somewhat normal.\ -\ -Looking back at these times of sorrow, I can consider them with the -perspective that comes with time. How can I deny that I have had a -wonderful life when I can only remember two times of grief severe enough -to cause me to weep? All the rest has been full of joy and gladness. It -adds up to a colossal, good deal if you ask me. I wouldn\'t want to -trade my life for anyone else\'s, no siree bob. |
