Birth:Â September 5, 1991
(Feast day of Saint Lawrence Justinian)
Death:Â May 19, 2013
(Pentecost)
[25] Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: [26] And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
John 11:Â 25-26
Ten years. I should be sad but I am not. Why? Because in the past decade, a few times each year, Larry makes his presence known. Yesterday, for example, at the law mines, our van began the morning with all windows rolled up, its normal state. At 10:00 AM the passenger window and the back seat window diagonally were down. When we went to lunch at 11:30 AM, all the windows were down. In life Larry liked to sneak out and listen to music in one of our cars. He would occasionally do this in the cars of our neighbors. (Bless them, they never complained and never called the cops. Their constant kindness to Larry and looking out for him brings me close to tears.)
I have never doubted life after death, but if I had, my experiences over the last decade would have obliterated any doubts. Like the cowboy who was asked if he believed in infant baptism: “Believe in it? I’ve seen it done!”
Would I prefer that he be here with us in the flesh? Sure, but I know that he is in a place of love, glory and grandeur that I cannot conceive. And I know, in my bones, that when my time comes my son will be leading me to the other side.
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You had good neighbors and beautiful son.
That veil between the realities is so thin. I see God lovingly allowing Larry to cause you JOY with his precious pranks. God and Larry share the most important ingredient ever imagined…..Love.
God bless your entire family Don. For there isn’t death. Death was swallowed up in Victory.
Memory eternal.
10 years passing must felt like a blink of an eye, Don…or maybe an eternity somedays… I always love reading stories about Larry. He was a Blessing, and continues to bring you God’s love from Heaven. May Larry intercede for us on earth. God Bless you and your family Don.
Thank God for Lawrence Charles McClarey.
I recently lost a family member who suffered his entire life with his mental health & struggled horribly with injuries from horrible car wrecks for the last decade of his life. He was taken from us suddenly in a head on collision recently by a drunk driver. He was killed instantly at 55 years of age. A young woman of 19 was thrown out of the drunk’s vehicle & killed instantly. And we still don’t know if the offending driver is going to live after having lost his spleen & having seemingly unstoppable bleeding in his lungs. My heart was just shredded by his tragic death. At one point despite all of my tumultuous emotions, in my spirit, I could sense his overwhelming delight & joy in the spiritual realm. It was as if he were trying to tell me that the peace & free joy he was now experiencing were indescribable. It has brought such comfort to my soul. Praise our eternal gracious God. But for Him we would all be destroyed.
Thank you my friends.