circle of life

Paula Mae Borkum Becker 1942-2012 Greg's Mum, Stephanie's Mother-in-Love, and Rex, Lennon and Baby #3's Grammy passed away on Thursday, April 19. Photo from early 1970s.

Paula meeting Rex. 2007

“There is such a concept of loss. Loss and how we react to loss. We think of things in a straight line: birth-life-death. That’s not really how it works. You take those ends and you bend it into a circle so it’s birth-life-death-REbirth. So you have to be prepared when you lose something – when you go through a divorce, when your mother dies, when you lose your house you have to understand that nature has it no other way. There is a rebirth. The death is painful. It doesn’t change the pain of the death. But you gotta stay awake and stay focused for what’s the rebirth that God is about to offer you.” - Will Smith, on Oprah 11/6/2008 (I know, Will Smith? But, I liked the quote.)

Paula meeting Lennon. 2010

We know Grammy wanted to see our newest addition, and believe she is meeting him or her first, before any of us! Eight was her lucky number, we welcome her eighth grandchild shortly.