I have had an interesting three weeks. They have been very
busy, as I have put my life on hold, while trying to decide our next move.
Since I am temporality staying with my mother, I have been working to help her
organize and de-clutter her home. I.E. making myself at home.
Moms always have good reasons for the things they keep. Who
made it when. Who gave it to her? I unfortunately did not inherit the
sentimental gene.
One of our big issues over the years has been my wedding
dress. I was married seventeen years ago. I have been trying to ditch the dress
ever since.
First it was just bad luck, and then one of my children may
want the honor of wearing my dress. Truth be know, I am never getting married
again and the though of someone else wearing my dress just does not sit well
with me. It may sound and be a little selfish but I just do not like the idea
of someone else wearing MY DRESS.
After I assured her that the dress was ruined by the dry
cleaners, she wanted proof. The dry cleaners had done me the honor of steam
cleaning the roses right off the silk. MY DRESS has been in my mother’s
possession for the last six years, did she not just want to see it.
I am thankful that the things of this world do not bind me. I
get it. Matthew 6:
19 Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves
break in and steal.
20
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy,
and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
I am thankful that my treasures are my husband, my children,
my extended family and my friends. These people I will meet again in heaven.
The wedding dress that I wore only one and will never wear
again will finally become trash. Making me very thankful that I can let go of
the material for the eternal.
