Midi's voice

Today I heard Midi's voice. I listened to a tape she made for David and I ten years ago for our engagement party. Midi was living in Korea at that time; she returned to the States just before our wedding. So she made a tape with her thoughts about our engagement that she sent over to be played at the engagement party.

I had honestly forgotten about this recording, until someone mentioned it in their recollections about Midi for the memory boxes Mark asked people to contribute to. But David had the tape stored away in a box and found it a week or two ago. I've been waiting to listen to it until I had some time to be alone.

It was as poignant as I thought it would be. The tape was full of her love for David and I, excitement for what was ahead of us, prayers she had for us. The thing that really shocked me was that she read Proverbs 31 to David regarding me. That particular chapter has been one I've been drawn to the last year or two especially. Some of that is that there just aren't that many passages of Scripture directed specifically to women. But the themes of a woman balancing family, ministry to others and love of God have been particularly relevant to me as of late. Even more gripping to me was that just 3 days ago, I had to write an epitaph for myself (this is the kind of homework you get when you take a seminary class on grief and death) and had chosen Prov. 31: 31 as part of it. It lent a sense of the prophetic to Midi's words 10 years before.

I also was just overwhelmed with the love Midi had for me, and for David and I as a couple. At one point in the tape she choked up as she was praying for us. I was so, so blessed to have her as friend. It makes me miss her all the more as I listen to this very tangible reminder of how wonderful she was to me.