Today is All Souls’ Day

It ends that three day period that focuses our attention on things beyond this world: All Souls’, All Saints’ and All Hallows Eve.  This is the day we stop to remember.  It’s sort of a memorial day for believers, when we pray for the souls of those who have died.

So with that, I send out a prayer and thoughts for Dad.  I miss you Dad, and wish you were here again.  Because Alzheimer’s took you, I prefer to remember the days gone by when I could lean on you and you were always there.  Even when we lived a thousand miles away, if we needed help, you’d get in the car, take off work, and drive down through a snow storm to help.

I also remember the rest of my family who has gone before.  And, of course, all who I might not know, but God knows.

Requiem aeternam dona eis.