Out of the Blue

It's been a bit of a surreal series of events the last couple of months.

My uncle (by marriage) passed. While at his services I talked with several family members and friends I'd not seen in awhile. Including my aunt's best friend and her daughter, who had been helping my aunt & uncle for some time.

I answered a request from the daughter and volunteered to make a mantle display case for my aunt for my uncle's Army service memorial flag. Contacts over that and catching up on our lives led to more conversations .. and a different kind of connection forming.

I'm making that display case today and am in a bit of a state of wonder over where that gesture to do so has led. I like thinking my uncle might have had a hand in this .. somehow.