Ilene this journaling about Larry's father is so touching. It brought me to tears. The love between father and son is so evident here. Larry expressed his great love by taking time to go and talk to his dad about this very important day for him, thus letting his father be a part of it, even if he couldn't attend personally. And his father's reaction shows how pleased he is with his son and that words are not the only ways to communicate our love. In fact actions often communicate it in a much stronger more meaningful way. I really love the bright colors of the page! and the stained glass window border is wonderful. I also really like how you did your journaling strips the same height as the taller pictures to create a nice horizontal line there underneath the title. Very clean and crisp lo. Congratulations to you both!
*** The Long Awaited Ordination Day! June 6, 1998- Lenoir-Rhyne College *** P.E. Monroe Auditorium End of the NC Synod Assembly Bishop Leonard Bolick Pastor David Sloop *** Larry’s Pentecost Stole custom made by Ilene in the sewing studio at Joyce Munsell’s house. *** Larry’s mother, Martha *** Larry’s sister, Marty *** Larry’s wife, Ilene *** Larry’s friend, Paul Isaman *** Other people who came to celebrate Larry’s ordination with us: Members of the call committee from Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Members of the intern committee at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and members-at-large from both churches. It was a wonderful day for all of us. *** Larry's father was in a nursing home near Wilmington, NC, and unable to attend Larry's ordination ceremony because he had had a stroke a couple of months earlier and could no longer communicate. Larry went to talk to his dad before the ordination and told him about it. His dad cried, which we interpreted as his grief that he could not come to the ordination, but he reached out and pulled Larry to him, and kissed him all over his face. He couldn't talk any more, but he could remember how to kiss, and that was his way of telling his son how much he loved him.
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