Sunday night is generally the time during the week when we try to do "family time". We stay "unplugged" on Sundays (no television) and so it works well for us to do some type of devotion on Sunday.
However, tonight it became clear that what I had planned for family time was not the direction we needed to go.
For whatever reason, the conversation shifted towards talking about Brian. Braden led us on this detour. He was on a fact-finding mission tonight. He wanted to know details and he was persistent. He wanted to know who knew first that daddy died. He wanted to know what he looked like when he died. He wanted to know what he looks like now, how long he stayed in the ground, if his heart was damaged... the questions were endless.
Sometimes I forget that Braden is behind us several miles in this journey. He is still trying to process the fact that his daddy died and he wants to know about his daddy.
We had a very sweet conversation. Nathan and Lexi helped me answer some of his questions. It was a, dare I say, "beautiful" family time. I'm very thankful that Nathan and Lexi know the kind of man their daddy was....they are much more convincing to Braden than I probably am. Braden listens to how they describe Brian....he was like a sponge soaking up the information tonight.
For the gift of family....and all that entails...I am so very, very, very grateful.
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