Life Celebration

I'm going to a "Life Celebration" of a family member who has passed from cancer this past winter.  I know it will be beautiful, heart warming, touching and loving.  I'm apprehensive in my body as to what to expect. 

I'm imagining what 'they', those closest to her, are feeling.  This is their goodbye as they celebrate her in their lives.  Huge.

My goal is to support them and feel my way through with an open heart.  An open heart is sometimes scary for fear of pain and discomfort.  Yet, without the pain and discomfort being allowed in; the love and beauty will also be shut out.

The 'human condition' sure is a ride.

We all have felt pain and discomfort.  We all have felt love and beauty...  in whatever capacity has shown itself to us; and, as we grow from being a child - whatever capacity we allow.

May you celebrate each other's lives now, together. 

I celebrate you, beautiful woman, today, as we all gather to share our stories of how you have touched many lives.  You are missed here.