Eucharist
Visit to My Mother's Grave
What has been your experience of grief? As Winner finds, the death of a loved one opens a hole, points to a tear that needs to be fixed but can not be. What are we to do in these times?
For tomorrow please read pages 47-52.
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What else can we do other than to turn to God and be surrounded by his love through the love of the people of the church.
When my mother died I was here working and not in Vermont with my brother and sister. They assured me day by day that the represented all three of us, that their presence was my presence also. I knew how honestly they meant it and at the time it worked for me.
To be honest I was not there because I could not stand to see my mother as she was at the time or see her die. Years later at a wonderful wholistic health conference, at a workshop using therapeutic music I was able to cry and in prayer confess to my mother why I did not come to be with her during her last days on earth. Through the exercise partner and the wonderful music of Gary Malkin I was able to get a big burden off my heart.
I miss my mother SO much, and as I write this my eyes are sheading tears and my heart aches. So many times, day after day, I utter, "Mom I need you." Shortly after saying this I can feel a tap on the shoulder and hear in my heart mom say, "I am still with you, I love you and I am proud of you. Carry me with you and one day we will be together again."
I was at a funeral yesterday and it ended with a beautiful song about loosing a mother and the joy of knowing that one day mother and children will again be together. I wish I had the words and the music. It was beautiful. And as the children of the deceased sang it I felt the grief of loosing one's mother and at the same time the joy of knowing that one day mother and children will again be joined.
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