Day 81 - Families are Forever! - May 29th
We had such a beautiful, wonderful day, today as we visited the graves of family members who have passed from this mortal state. Memorial Day is such a celebration of those lives and legacies that hold us together and inspire us to live better. We met Robert's brother up in Heber City to visit their parent's and grandparent's graves. Some of our children and grandchildren were also able to come and reminisce a few memories also. After visiting at the grave site we ordered our lunch at the Train Station on main street in Heber. This is a special yearly tradition, made a little more fun by the fact that Robert's dad worked there as a young man and his name was discovered listed on a wall of former employees by our nephew the year grandpa passed away.
We took our lunch to a little park to eat where we met up with another one of our daughters and her family. We all had a delightful time catching up with one another while the grandchildren played together.
After enjoying some fun time together we went back to the cemetery with our daughter and her family who had not been able to meet us there earlier. We shared a few more memories of Grandma and Grandpa Lyon with their little family, as Grandma has only been gone about a year, the boys had quite a few memories of her and participated quite a bit in some special discussion. As we were leaving our littlest grandson was quite melancholy so his dad held him in his arms, explaining that things were going to be fine as we would see Grandma and Grandpa again some day. Without changing his sullenness, our grandson announced, "I really miss Cohen!", our other grandson he had just been playing with at the park who had returned home. We were a little surprised that he had been thinking of his earlier moments of fun, but it just served as another reminder of how wonderful it is to united with your family, past and present!
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