Dad left us instructions for this very Funeral Mass. At the end of these instructions, he left us a message, and so during the dark times right after he died, when we wondered how we would cope with this, we read what he had left us and knew the answer.
He wrote, “I don’t know if they allow the deceased to have much say about funerals, but I hope there will be recognition that this is a time where the joy should outshine the sadness. ‘Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has waiting for those who love him.’ (1 Cor. 2:9) The happiness I’ve experienced in my life is beyond my wildest expectations… and yet I know the best is yet to come. So please make this a happy time.”
OK Dad, if you say so, we will.
There is never enough time, so I am beginning this blog to remind me to take time for the things in life that really matter.
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