His and Her Adirondack Chairs Bring Back Memories of How We Much We Enjoyed Just Sitting in the Garden and Talking

My chair and Dianne's chair in our garden.... I can almost imagine them having a conversation about the garden... and what we might do next year

Our good friend Pat is quite the artist when it comes to gardening and landscaping.  A couple of years back, Pat made these adirondack chairs for us, one for Dianne and one for me.

The chairs spend the winter in storage in our garden shed, but come out in the spring (thanks to Pat) to take up a new spot in our back yard.

With all that had been going on with Dianne being in the hospital and then in hospice here at home, I had forgotten about the chairs.  Then, one day shortly after Dianne's going home to the Lord, I looked out my office window... and there they were.

My first reaction was:  I cannot stand seeing the chairs sitting there in the garden... we need to move them somewhere out of site... or maybe just leave them in storage.

But then I remembered how the chairs are really a symbol and remembrance of how Dianne and I used to enjoy just sitting and talking with each other in the garden.

One day when I was feeling really brave, I went out and sat in one of the chairs... and imagined for just a few minutes that Dianne was there by my side, commenting on all the flowers... how the zucchinis and squash are growing so fast... "it will soon be time to harvest the garlic"... and "look at the figs on the fig tree!"

I imagined I took her hand for a few minutes... and that she was able to tell me about lawns and gardens that are "exceeding abundantly  beyond everything that I can ask or think."

Dianne enjoyed so much the beauty that God granted to us here on earth.  How much more she must be full of joy in heaven, basking in  the Light and Love and Beauty of the home that Jesus had prepared for her!