Strength Isn't Always a Storm: An Ode To My Mother
Welp. The Barnes Clan has successfully sent my father, Mr. William Aaron Barnes on his way to his next adventure with style, grace, and with heavy but full hearts. I do hope there are safaris and airplanes for him to pilot there, where ever that may be.... But you know how there's beauty in everything? Even the dark stuff? I kinda love that about life. I'm a kind of girl who could be, in my dramatic-like way, experiencing the end of the world (again), crying and feeling that all is lost, but stop for a moment to look at a lovely moon, a pretty bird, a stunning human. Because ying and yang are real guys. In the midst of this two week familial journey toward our patriarch's final resting place, there were equal parts sadness and joy. I mean, I saw bad behavior, and I saw good, humble gestures of compassion. I saw inconsolable tears, I heard roars of laughter. I saw divisiveness, and a coming together. I saw me struggle through my own journey in this, while simultan