I wonder if she ever felt guilty for bringing Him into the world. Did she have any idea of what He would go through? She had been told seven swords would pierce her heart; but not what they were.
The difference between us is the She is the best mother in the world, and I am the worst.
It is so hard knowing what The Plan is. We can never know, because of our puny, limited human consciousness. We can just have faith that there is one. But having that faith makes the pain any less.
Before my spirit and Maris's spirits were incarnated, did we agree this would happen? or did this life go terrible wrong for both of us? What were we supposed to get out of this experience?
I have sometimes told my kids that each hard thing you go through makes you stronger and prepares you for the next even harder thing.
How much do we have to endure before we are released from this world?
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.