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settling in for the Long Haul

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first the light comes from one direction.  Then…from another,  changing things….making them different,  but then too, i suppose what they Are in that Light at that moment..

i went to the Funeral this morning.   For so many years i didn't "do" funerals.  I didn't go to my Mother's or Father's funerals.  But i have been to a couple recently,  like today.  I went to His funeral.  

I don't know the true attribution for these words,  they have appeared here and there and they appeared here today again….

"He loved America until America learned how to love him back."

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16 responses to “settling in for the Long Haul”

  1. Michelle Slater Avatar
    Michelle Slater

    https://youtu.be/8P3X9AiN8E4 THE EULOGY WAS SPECTACULAR

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  2. Angela G. Shipley Avatar
    Angela G. Shipley

    I attended that funeral too—and cried many tears. Your blanket is going to be full of comfort. A beautiful hug.

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  3. jude Avatar
    jude

    Yeah, I still don’t do them.
    He is a great human being.

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  4. carol Avatar
    carol

    For me funerals are a wonderful burst of energy and love that accompany the guest of honor on to what comes next. A sort of packing the bag kind of event and a closure in this life for the those of us left. During Covid I have lost 4 friends and the inability to celebrate their lives as community
    gives no finality to their departure. The sending just continues everyday.
    Sending with great love.

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  5. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    I tend to cry- actually sob- through any funerals I have attended.
    Not for them- but for me (us)- continuing without them

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  6. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    (((Grace)))) am impressed that you haave pushed your boundaries and are stitching squares together, I still can’t get excited about doing that!

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    they aren’t together…just pinned here and will be
    appliqued on..and most likely, these are the only
    squares…in the center. the rest will be amorphous
    shapes

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    in this case it was for Us and for Him…i can imagine
    he had so much more he wanted to do

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    the sending…just continuing…yes. this would be
    how it is…
    am so glad to hear from you…LOVE

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    He is. I love so much the photograph you shared

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i think it will be full of these Times

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i so much missed the Choir

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  13. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I cried, felt so heavy, sad for what was and worried for what will become.
    This was so good…
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_i2DSkAys-8

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  14. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    we’ve no way of knowing what he hasn’t been able to do while confined to a literal form … that’s how I’m able to stop crying. Obama brought the house down for me, within my heart…

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  15. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    So to pick up on what Mo said it just hit me that we’re both doing squares. maybe for a lot of similar reasons. I don’t know. but it was nice to make the connection. I have not grieved like this and felt such a powerful irreplaceable sense of loss since Howard died …

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it’s Saturday, 8/8. I still look to him, each day.
    many times.

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