08/29/2025
Ok On a side note, I have not been a big fan of September for awhile now.
Let me tell you why!
September has been my growing and learning month for a long time. It was getting a bit boring last year and I almost returned to the " oh my isn't fall beautiful " way of thinking. 🤣
This particular month has always seemed to give me a few curve balls in life. Ready or not.
Yesterday I started to reflect on the end of the summer season and how our lives were turned upside down from anything I have ever experienced or could have anticipated.
Yes it has been a brutal experience to lose our family cottage on May 13th 2025.
My Mother's 88th birthday to be exact.
The cottage was built in 1942 by my Grandmother and Grandfather Garner.
There is no denying the emotional roller coaster of this tragic event.
Yet, when I look back at this same time of year, there have been other life altering events that have occurred.
Each event just as dramatic and life changing as the other.
Big events that rock your world and turn you upside down until every last scrap of lint has been emptied from your pockets and soul.
Upon reflection, the first one that comes to mind was the long weekend of September 1999.
It was 11 months after Burton died and our grief was still raw and festering.
We were out at Rice Lake when Guy and I required to be airlifted out due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
It was nothing short of a miracle that we were able to be rescued from this near fatal disaster.
I would even go as far as saying we survived, due to divine intervention.
I have no doubt that Burton Jr. played a large part in our rescue from our certain demise.
I will be forever grateful for this event and how it has altered our view of life moving forward from this day onwards.
One other life changing event on this same September long weekend was September 5th 2010.
This is the weekend my father left us to go home to his parents, family, friends and Grandson, Burton Jr.
For those of you who have lost a parent you will completely understand.
Even though Dad had been sick for several years, his departure was utterly shocking and heartbreaking at the same time.
I was glad that his suffering had ended but it left a giant whole in my life. One that, to this day remains tender at the thought of missing him.
These types of life events can change who you are and how you move forward in life. They are normal, surreal and life altering in so many different ways.
On September 11, 1999 Guy and I were married in what was a happy and joyous event. It was a small gathering of family and our closest friends.
It was also the last time many people had the opportunity to see and visit with my Son, Burton Reimer.
Burton passed away six weeks later while working in Gimli, Mb.
September 1st 2025 my Mother Joan Garner will be moving out of her home.
Our family home for the last 55 years.
She will be moving to a beautiful new space and starting a new chapter of her life.
Along with this we will also feel the changes of our lives and the new normal of home, family and the shift of a sacred space in our lives.
September is a time of change and quiet reflection.
Mother Earth is slowing down and getting ready for a long Manitoba winters rest.
Today as they clear the final scraps of debris from our sacred space here out at Rice Lake, I am reflecting on my life.
For better or for worse it has certainly been a life of lessons and challenges.
You my dear family and friends have been a part of my life through better or worse. Thank you for your kind gestures of love and support.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. I am forever grateful for all I have been blessed with in my life and all of the many lessons that have come my way.
My Daughter Jackie Reimer, you are my sunshine. My reason for being and wanting to move forward. Even on those hardest of days.
I Love you more than words could humanly express.
Keep on being you... because the world is a brighter place because of you. 💝 You make my soul happy.
In deepest respect 🙏
Love Lynda...and Guy too ❤️
