I arrived at Keegan and Amy's about 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday. What a joy to be with them and their lively little girls! In less than 24 hours we've read several books, taken 2 walks, played at the park, played hide & seek, done multiple puzzles, sung songs, danced, talked and laughed. Keegan, Amy and I stayed up too late sharing memories and talking of life with Mike and what we'd like the memorial to be.
We're going to start with a small memorial in their backyard at 10:00 Saturday morning by reading Psalm 1 which was one of Mike's favorite Scriptures, share a few memories and sing a song and symbolically scatter some dirt around a tree I gave them for Christmas and set stones around it. After that we will head to the country and gather with a few from their church for another time of sharing Scripture, remembering Mike and singing followed by a one mile fun run/walk in Mike's memory, and then a winter picnic (Covid style). Thankfully it's supposed to be in the high 40's and sunny.
My niece, Coley, asked what time we were planning to do the fun run/walk because she wanted to do it at the same time in her location. What a great idea! This sparked the idea to invite anyone that would like to do the same wherever you are. We will probably be running/walking about 11:30a.m. EST. I'm planning to wear OSU colors, scarlet & gray, and will be walking - my back dislikes running. If you would like to join the memorial in this way, that would be very special to us and we'd love for you to take a photo and send it to us or post it on my FaceBook page.
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| Michael C. Rice August 26, 1956 - January 3, 2021 |
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