Reunion

I told you that we attended the Stony Point Church of Christ on Sunday morning. Very traditional service and they were so happy to have the Danley family as guests. There were at least 40 of us and I think we greatly brought their median age down by at least a decade. The sermon was titled Reunion in honor of all of us being there. I don't remember much from the sermon except that he talked about in order to have a reunion you have to have a connection before...a relationship...so true.

There was one reunion that took place this weekend that was overwhelmingly sweet and long overdue. One of the Danley boys had been married before and had four children from that marriage. They divorced in the 70s and his exwife never had contact again with the family. She came to the reunion and boy, it was a reunion. To see the looks on all of their faces as they greeted her was priceless. They loved her and they had missed her but divorce had put this huge space between them that they had been unable to cross until now. She cried and they cried as they hugged her tightly. Such sweet tears. Her children were delighted to see her joy at being reunited with this family. She loved this family and had never stopped loving them but it had felt inappropriate to stay in touch.

How many times have not reconnected with those we love because there are barriers? I am glad that for at least this one weekend that this family could embrace each other and let each other know how much they have been missed and how they wish that it hadn't been so long. Anybody out there up for a reunion?