Glad that we were able to give her a tremendous send off, almost all parties present, each stepping forward in the fullness of their gifts to send her on her way; the wind at her back, the sun on her face.
The kind of funeral that led one guest to remark, almost apologetically, that it "was the best funeral" she'd ever been to.
Grateful that I'm rich in family. Such a beautiful, generous, deep-feeling family.
Reminded how much ritual matters, how much music can soothe, how important it is to gather together, to remember, to cry, to tell stories. And to laugh.
Reminded how much each small kindness, of which Nini sowed so many, blooms full into fruit and scatters its seed on the wind to the far distance. Reminded how one small gift of kindness can change a life.
Reminded how much kindness, how much love, has shaped mine.
Posting by cameraphone from SFO.
Return leg to Chicago delayed, of course.
4 comments:
of course it is, I don't know how you can stand to travel anymore after all this travelling (insert appropriate word here)
oh right, the word I was looking for was crap
I hope you experience it as a little more time to process and feel. sometimes being stuck somewhere at just such a time is a bit of a blessing.
and here's a hug while you are delayed
love you, friend. you have clearly received some of Nini's gifts of grace.
often times the best message anyone can leave behind is as an example of dignity and grace with all the people they cared to be among them.
don't hold my breath
for any longer than is needed
just hold my hand while you are mine
you did a wondrous thing in passing this life into the next.
best of sunsets in the dying daylight...
It sounds like your Nini was a wonderful woman and I'm glad that you and your family were able to be together to celebrate her life.
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