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When I was in high school, I traveled from southeastern Kansas to the YMCA of the Rockies near Estes Park, Colorado for a district youth conference. I instantly felt like I was in the most beautiful place on earth. The camp is surrounded by majestic mountains, and the aspen leaves rustle in the wind. Whoever I married, we were going to honeymoon there! It was a good thing that the lodging was cheap, because Bruce and I were poor college students when we married. Being the dumb Kansans that we were, it did not dawn on us that it could be very cold and snowy in the mountains at the end of May, but we were very fortunate that it was mild that year. A number of years later, we took our two sons to the camp for a week. It’s a wonderful family place and they loved hiking the trails and climbing the rocks. My brother and his family, along with my mother, accompanied us on our next vacation back to Colorado. We all stayed in one cabin and had a wonderful time, so it became our tradition to return every other year as a family. We have always been close, but those trips gave us special memories and caused us to form even tighter bonds. As the kids moved away, the older adults continued to vacation there, even if it wasn’t quite as often. Almost six years ago, when my husband was in the hospital dying, I had to make final plans. I had always said that I wanted my ashes to go to the Y camp and be spread up on the Summit where we stayed in various cabins throughout the years. Since he had never been as comfortable talking about death, or expressed specific wishes, I decided that we would do the same with his ashes, and then we could be there together forever. Unknown to me, the camp had built a columbarium, so his ashes are there, and eventually, mine will join his in the same niche. I’m quite certain that he approves of my decision and the knowledge that our relationship will eventually come full circle, makes me smile. --Jeanette
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