Will he remember?

It is good my Matthias is getting married today. I don't think my body could take another night of little sleep. Once he is safely betrothed with all catastrophes dealt with and behind us, he will be off to his honeymoon in Cancun, and I will be off to a long nap.

This morning, I was dreaming for the brief 5 minutes that I think I actually slept and I was remembering the wedding in my dream. Then my mother asked me how did the son and daughter dance go, and with horror I asked, "Was there a reception?"
She looked at me strangely, and my terror escalated as I cried, "There was a reception...there must been. I don't remember it, Mom! I don't remember it at all! I don't remember dancing with my son!"
And I awoke, crying.

In a way, that is what life is like for me. I watched my two grown handsome boys and my nearly grown daughter at the rehearsal last night. One tall curly haired one, the groom, the other tall curly haired man a groomsman, and the lovely curly haired daughter a bridesmaid. When did all that growing up happen? Where was I? I don't seem to be much a part of it anymore. Was I ever? Did I make an impact? Did I make a difference? Will my children one day, when they are surrounded by their own babies smile and remember dancing with their mom?

I awoke from the dream and praised God it was only a dream. I still had a chance, like Scrooge. I could change the future. I could remember at least this moment. There will be too many photographers there to let me forget.

"And you always have me," whispered the still,quiet voice within my soul, "Though you may forget, I will never forget you."

Isaiah 49:15 NIV

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!

Genesis 2:23-24 NIV

The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman,'
for she was taken out of man." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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