Whenever you feel your focus shifting from things that really matter, something happens that sharpens perspective once again. Perspective shifted for a lot of people this week with the news that Missey Gray of HeartSchooling died March 1 following the birth of her baby, Melissa Kate. In addition to her new daughter, Missey, 31, leaves her husband Tom, and her children Nathaniel, Samantha, Susan, and Natalie. They are all in my prayers.
Like many others, I didn't know Missey in person, but through her warm presence online. She chose to share her homeschooling path with others through her blog and e-groups, lighting lamps so that those coming behind might see more clearly. The tone of her blog, last updated the morning of March 1, is so warm and friendly that it's almost impossible not to smile while reading it. She has resource links posted at her Geocities page, justahappygrl, and it seemed as if she was 'just a happy girl.'
On Missey's blog, the header reads: "HeartSchooling is my personal blog dedicated to promoting the educational philosophies and methods of Ruth Beechick and Charlotte Mason, and in that vein, to sharing various aspects of my family's daily life because, after all, 'education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life' and 'The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.'"
Missey, in life and in death, reminds us that it is the moments that matter. For mothers especially, the days spent with our children are precious and all too fleeting. It's important to keep perspective, know who and what is important, and to live life with eternity in view, because we are not promised there will be a tomorrow. Someday, we will be able to say "thank you, Missey, for sharpening our perspective."
You can read more memorial comments about Missey at The Old Schoolhouse blog.
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