April 24, 2008, Thursday

Priscilla is graduating from the elementary school. As a tradition, her school (also for Esther, Deborah, and Lydia) would like each student graduating to submit a picture when they were babies or very young. The picture will be shown in the commencement.

So, with the request of Priscilla, she carried a lot of albums for us to choose a picture for her. So, mom and dad looked at these pictures when Priscilla was really young. Three previous times (for Esther, Deborah, and Lydia), we had a lot of fun to take a look of family pictures, a lot of laughs when we looked at albums and albums of pictures when girls are young.

But, today, it became extremely difficult to do this task. When Priscilla was young, so was Lydia. Lydia was two years older than Priscilla. Too many family pictures with Lydia in them. Looking at these pictures simply brought up a lot, a lot, and a lot of pain and tears.

The situation like this, cause us to wonder if the level of pain is bearable by a human being? People outside of the family would never be able to understand how painful it is.

I hope God, the Lord, knows. Otherwise, there is no comfort from this world.