[AGDee]

DreamfulSpirit- I'll continue to pray for your mom. I'm glad things are going well.

The last few days have been emotionally draining. G's funeral was this morning and went well into the afternoon between the church, ceremony and luncheon. It's the first time I've been a funeral for a child/young adult and it was heart wrenching. So many were just sobbing through the entire thing. At the cemetary, we were asked to all touch the casket so that our fingerprints were on it, as a symbol of the imprint that G made on our lives. One of the kids from the band asked all the band kids to come up together. They all put their hands on the casket and did one of their band chants that goes like this:
"Whether the weather is cold,
Or whether the weather is hot,
We'll be together whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not."
They were all sobbing and so were all the rest of us.


Tonight, they attempted a Chinese sky lantern memorial at a local park but the winds were really just too strong for it go well. A few lanterns ended up being lit and launched but it was kind of scary as the wind was taking them too close to trees. However, where the mood was very sad and full of tears in the morning, the lantern ceremony was lighter and felt more like "we're all going to be ok." They held up their lanterns, letting the wind fill them and did the "weather" chant again. This time, without tears, but with spirit and love.

Thank you to all of you for your prayers for this young lady, her family and her friends. I hope I have no need to post a request in this thread for a very, very long time.