Ashes

This year has proven itself to be a very difficult period in my life. I sometimes find my husband sitting there with weepy eyes and I am at a loss for words. Earlier this year his parents both died within six weeks of each other. On October 10th it would have been the 48th anniversary of Margaret and Chuck Reisz. They loved each other and their children with reckless abandonment. A year ago we didn’t even know that either of them was sick. We had a vacation together in the town where they lived in Tennessee. We had a great time and we took lots of pictures with my new SLR camera. It is a wonderful memory that I am thankful to have of us together.

For Mike and Joan (his sister) they have lost the two people who have been there for them their entire life. They knew everything about them and were their biggest supporters. For me, I have lost my other set of parents who treated me like a daughter and seemed to always support me no matter what. They were two very loving people who were concerned about other people. They never did like for us to make a big deal about them.

I was always amazed how they remembered the people that they met in our neighborhood. They would ask how they were doing and specific questions about the families. They were able to attend many of the parties held in our neighborhood when they were in town. Our friends treated them like family. I think they felt at home here in Texas.

Many of our evenings together we would go out to dinner. Chuck was a foodie who enjoyed things that taste good. Margaret was a vegetarian who enjoyed vegetables and any kind of bread. She usually ordered desert. One of her favorites was chocolate cake. Mike is a fabulous cook and therefore we had some great meals at our dinner table with them.

This week we are going to Cape Canaveral, Florida to the beach to return their ashes to the ground. We decided to do it on their anniversary near where they went on their honeymoon. When Margaret was sick she had said she wanted to go to the beach. Her illness didn’t allow that to happen. Therefore Chuck was going to spread her ashes near the ocean. Unfortunately, he died before he was able to do that. Mike, Joan and I are going to be releasing them together on Wednesday, Oct 10th in the morning.

48 years ago there was a union between a man and a woman. It produced two children and a lifetime of memories. They loved each other so much that when she was gone he was heartbroken. He joined her in heaven so they could continue to be together. Forever.