Passing of a GREAT grandmother
The atmosphere in the morning was sad with a bit of joy, not true joy, thrown into the mix.
Monks came at 10+ ... prayed, chanted, and waited as each painful and heart wrenching moment ticked by. Everyone joked, but smiles always seemed to be replaced by expressions of sorrow.
12 noon came and the time had come to send her to the crematorium. A last round of prayer and our words and well wishes followed her body into the furnace. Everything was high-tech, so we couldn't clearly see the coffin enter the oven, but what i saw was different. She had passed the threshold to heaven. GOD KEEP HER SAFE, AMEN.
Feeling so ... messed up in the heart right now. Wanted to talk to my 2 cousins, one of which was my age and the other was about 2 years older; Had nothing to say to them .. felt like a gutless chicken ... i only see them once a year and well ... maybe i'm just experiencing the loss of a loved one ...
I'll update soon and it'll be better news next time. Meanwhile, remember that life is just like a twig, it can snap at anytime. Peace.
