Another glorious summer-like day yesterday. We went to commemorate the passing from this life of yet another friend. The service for this lady was attended by numerous members of her extended family, and a large contingent of her longtime friends. She had been ill for a number of years, and daily throughout those years her steadfast husband had seen to her needs, and made her comfortable, first in their home, and then, when he could no longer cope on his own, at a care facility nearby.
After the funeral Mass, the lady's sister delivered a warm and loving eulogy, as did the brother of the lady's husband who had come especially for the funeral from the East Coast. The generations were well represented in church — there was a cousin of ninety and several very young children.
At the buffet meal in the adjoining church hall following the service, people who had not seen one another in many years became reacquainted. It is in the nature of such gatherings, sad though they be, that opportunities for renewing friendships arise.
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