Funerals. Anybody’s. I feel the sadness of a life gone by. My daughters’ births and weddings. I think that’s allowed. When other people cry on telly in a properly poignant moment. No idea why. When Mel Gibson, as Lt Col Hal Moore, weeps after the battle at Ia Drang in the fil...
When CARTing funerals for who are hard-of-hearing and/or deaf children and adults, I experienced peace while sharing so others could participate. We can assist with closure involving people close to the center. I feel privileged to sit at the edge of the circle, to hear what I did. ...
There are situations I’ve been praying about for years and the wait is frustrating. But I have to consider two things: first, God is not confined by time, space or matter or he wouldn’t be God. Humans are bound by time but God isn’t. He will work all things out for my good ...
When we entered, our formation director was Sister Beth Taylor. She was also in that role during our temporary profession. As it happens, she was also in charge of funerals at the time, which explains I suppose why Beth asked me to plan my funeral before I sent in my request to make ...
The biggest wealth transfer in history isn’t from baby boomers to millennials (the boomers have sea voyages and funerals to pay for, not to mention inheritance tax): the biggest wealth transfer now, and for the foreseeable future, given the advent of AI, is the one from tech-idiots to ...
–Attire for men is usually pants (not shorts), any kind of shirt (but usually not one with logos, advertisements, or messages on it – we’re not showing up to proclaim that Winger “rocks”), no watch (we are in the timeless place – upon entering the temple, we have also entered...
sometimes 20. We’d been connected for significant chunks of our lives, often through difficult health setbacks and searingly vulnerable moments. Saying goodbye to them via conversations with their spouses, children, and parents was wrenching. As were the Zoom funerals, which, in bitter irony, th...