A Solemn Reflection

A solemn reflection today—where we as

a society and individually have been and

where we’re going. At my advancing age

and yours some heavy reflection I am

sure. It has been a joyous journey and

stress fully painful one at times, yours,

I am certain, and mine. Some of you still

in the game have made it through the Great

Depression and WWII. Still more of us

recall the assassination of a President and

Civil Rights Leader, the Vietnam War and

to date all the wars and deaths to follow.

Where are the good times, you may be

asking? You know and hold all those

precious in your personal memories,

the birth of your children, and for many

of us grandchildren as well. Life, my friends,

life as it is, was and always shall be, the end

and new beginnings, repeated over and

over again. The falling of autumn leaves

before the winter; The flowering of lilies in

a spring garden. The glorious bounties, the

crosses to bear. Life shared. Tomorrow,

Easter Sunday, and Resurrection once again.

                     -30-

Chris Hanch 4-11-2020