I am sharing this most recent musing with permission. It reflects an adapted funeral ceremony at which I had the honour of presiding as a Canadian Armed Forces chaplain. These moments are never easy, particularly when the one we gather to grieve and commend to love is a child.
Loss is never an easy thing. We are constantly confronted with our hurt, another’s, and the world’s. When death arrives at our doorstep there are mixed emotions. Sometimes relief, sometimes wailing, sometimes deep celebration and loss. Often, its arrival bears some combination of all of these.
Jeannette & Brittany One of the touchstones I have honoured, since beginning to blog in 2008, is to seek the balance of using my personal context/story as an invitation for others
Grief interrupts life Tears soak agendas We long for predictability yet loss overwhelms & all we have is lament Death and goodbyes are numbing experiences. Regardless of any sense of preparation, once
