Dear Sono…..

Saturday, July 10, 2010  –  Category: News

My thoughts nothing fancy or proper…..

There are so many things going on in my head that if I don’t attempt to let them out, I’m not even sure what would happen (normally it ends up with me crying my eyes out and Isaac holding me in his arms its the way pregnant ladies roll). But today is a very special day, a day I really wish I was sitting in Oregon along with my friends and family back home. Today we remember Sono Harris, at 10:30 Oregon time is her memorial service. If you’ve never heard of her thats okay we don’t live to be famous:-) You might have heard of a few of her children Josh Harris back in the day wrote a book called “I kissed Dating goodbye” plus many more books (if I was writing this on Josh I would put them down) and also her twin sons Alex and Brett wrote a book more recently called “do hard things” and one of my favorites of her kids is Joel Harris but that would be because he is one of my dearest friends husband and actually at this point in my life a lot of my interaction with Sono (besides that she was leadership in my church) was because of Kimmy and Joel… She also has 3 more wonderful children Sarah, Isaac and James who I have not had much interaction with but they were always those little kids running around church events (they are not so little any more) and her husband Gregg (which if you are from the homeschool world you might have heard of him). You see Sono passed away last Sunday which was July 4th… I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much on a July 4th the beginning of the day one of her kids posted that the end was very near, Sono had cancer so though it was not surprise it wasn’t exactly the most enlightening thing to hear. She passed away later on that night surounded by her loving family. The Harris family are VERY strong Christians and Sono was prepared to meet her beloved Jesus in Heaven. A little before Sono passed away Isaac (my darling husband) and I were talking about her we had just finished watching fireworks and were waiting to get out of the parking lot, while we were talking Isaac invisioned Sono dancing to Heaven(Sono was a dancer in her day) little did we know that just about 30 minutes later she went to be with her Lord! It hit WAY harder then I thought it would be hearing she had gone on, I don’t know if it was cause she was an amazing women of God that wanted to live a life for Him and to serve those around her or that she shared a birthday with my Mom and was only a year younger then her. I was never as close to Sono as many of my friends were but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t have a love for her and my heart goes out to all those back home that were able to be much closer to her and I’ve been reading their posts all week. Though they are glad Sono is no longer in pain I can’t even imagine what her husband and family are feeling.

There is one silly memory of Sono that always put a smile on my face, at one point many years ago she found out my Dad loves sushi and raw sushi to top it off she was so excited about that, there was times after that she would ask him if he had any good sushi lately or tell him of some she had. When you talked to your she was always the type to put her hand on your arm… She always wanted the best for her family and friends and continued to spur those around her on to be the best they could be. I think when there will be many ways I will remember Sono in her looks but my favorite was the day that Joel and Kimmy got married she was fabulous I could never do her (who I’m sure was very excited about getting another wonderful daughter inlaw) or her amazing dress justice in explaining how she looked but I will hold dear how she looked that day….

Here is a favorite quote that Joel put on his facebook after his Mom passed away….

Heidi Carter i'm a Christian who loves the arts and life. i'm learning the ins and outs of being a mom and wife and i think thats going to take my whole life to do that! i love pictures, knitting, crocheting, sewing, cooking, scrap booking/blogging and reading. I also am an avid video gamer but only with Isaac.