Commemoration and Celebration
The month of April for the Brewster family is a month of commemoration and celebration. No other month contains the exteme happiness and heart-breaking sadness as this month.
In chronological order here are the dates we celebrate and the ones we commemorate:
April 29, 1947 -- Andrew Brewster is born (my Dad). We are planning to celebrate his birthday later this month.
April 19, 1972 -- Mendy Brewster (Pugh) is born(she's my wife). In a few days, we will celebrate her birthday as she moves from her mid-30s to her late-30s. Oops, I probably should not have written that last sentence.
April 15, 1975 -- Andrea Brewster is born (she's my sister). We celebrated her birthday yesterday. She's getting old. (gotcha!)
April 15, 1987 -- Josephine Adkins died (she was my grandmother). We continue to remember her life, and look forward to a reunion in heaven.
April 8, 1988 -- Edna Lorene Brewster died (she was also my grandmother). We continue to remember her life as well, and look forward to a reunion in heaven.
Sidenote -- Losing two grandmothers in such a short span of time was very difficult for me. It was one of the toughest moments of my life. I still cry over their passing, but the tears shed are tears of gratitude, mixed with sadness and hope. When my family went to Tulsa this year, we visited the graves of Grandpa Brewster and Grandma Brewster. My children, Hannah and Drew, helped pull weeds and clean up the area around the tombstones. Each summer, we also visit the graves of Grandpa Adkins and Grandma Adkins in Kentucky. Out of my four grandparents, the only one my children got to know was Grandpa Adkins.
April 1, 1995 -- William Hicks is born (he's one of my nephews). He recently became a teenager, which means my sister is really old.
The month of April brings laughter and tears.
So it is with life.
Until the day when God makes everything right.
Labels: memories
posted by Ben at 8:57 AM
4 Comments:
Late thirties doesn't start until 38.
38?
Wow! So I'm still holding on to the mid-30s.
Of course, Mendy still looks like she's 21 (more beautiful than ever).
Can't say the same for me. :(
Know this guy?
From the American Minute:
William Brewster died APRIL 18, 1644.
His position as a leader of the Pilgrim church in England led to his capture and imprisonment.
Fleeing to Holland, Brewster later sailed with the Pilgrims to America, signed the Mayflower Compact and was elected an elder.
Governor William Bradford wrote of William Brewster:
"(In England) on the Lord's day they generally met at his house, which was a manor...and he entertained them with great kindness...providing for them at heavy expense to himself.
He was the leader of those who were captured in Lincolnshire, suffering the greatest loss, and was one of the seven who were kept longest in prison and afterwards bound over to the assizes.
After he came to Holland he suffered much hardship, having spent most of his means...
Towards the latter part of those twelve years spent in Holland, his circumstances improved...for through his knowledge of Latin he was able to teach many foreign students English."
Bradford continued to say of William Brewster:
"He labored in the fields as long as he was able; yet when the church had no other minister he taught twice every Sabbath, and that both powerfully and profitably, to the great edification and comfort of his hearers, many being brought to God by his ministry."
I've heard of him, but never met him. ;)
Yes, there is a connection. I have traced the family tree back to the Brewsters in Virginia, but have been unable to draw a concrete connection to William Brewster. There are some ideas, but nothing in stone.
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