Comments on: Cousins ~ Memories ~ Funerals

By: Friend

Friend — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:58:42 +0000

Hello Ellen,
Can you e-mail me? I am looking for relatives.

By: lisa writes...

lisa writes... — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:56:43 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing your memories…praise God that we who belong to Him do not grieve as those who have no hope!

By: Ruth Murr

Ruth Murr — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:58:41 +0000

A recent obituary gave credit to Michel Quoist. My husband was touched by the poem which was, in part
“I am thinking that everything is just beginning. Yes, I have finished the last rehearsal, but the play is just beginning. The years of training are over but the eternal work is about to start. I have just been born to life, the real life, life that is going to last, Life Eternal…And you Death…I don’t take you seriously; you are not able to take from us those that we love”

It is a lovely, comforting sentiment. And would you be so kind as to send us the whole poem? I also wonder if, in future, we may have your permission to quote this poem, with proper credits to the author, in the event of our demise?

Thank you,

Ruth Ann

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:15:23 +0000

Wow, what a reflective post. Blessings to you and the family as you remember those who have gone. Even though funerals can be difficult, there is something sweet about bringing people together and sharing in that community. I love you.

By: bee

bee — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:13:15 +0000

I, too, am fascinated at the cultural aspects of your posts! How bland I feel!

BTW, your pictures are so beautiful! I know I’ve told you that before!

By: Mary Lou

Mary Lou — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:23:48 +0000

Very interesting to read all of this. Reading the part about all of you going to Russian gatherings of all kinds at early ages helps me see the connection to why M & R go to even “distant” relative events. . . so different from those of us who rarely have large (or small) family gatherings. Having a strong cultural background and God must fill your soul! God Bless

By: Susie

Susie — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:10:34 +0000

I’ve also noticed that deaths seem to happen in threes. I always wondered why that was..

By: Lana G!

Lana G! — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:06:51 +0000

Wow, the cousin picture is so telling. So many highlighted names.

You definitely need to find the glamour picture of Mom and Aunt Zena!

Oh the bittersweet of funerals - good to see friends and relatives, sad to see a loved one go…