Happy Thanksgiving! It has been suggested to me that once a week if possible, I write a few thoughts, share a story and basically just share about the music and my on going work in ministry. This request came after hearing one story from a gentleman in BC who received the cd as a gift from someone in Regina. He is going through a very difficult time and he has found some comfort in my music. He especially likes I want to sit at your feet! This cd has reached far beyond my expectations. We sold out and another shipment just arrived. It is very humbling. And for this I am Thankful! Many of my songs are inspired to me by the work I do as a Celebrant. For my first post I wish to lift up this work and answer a question I am asked all the time. This comes on the heals of an exceptionally busy time. I officiated at 7 services in 11 days. Intense. For some reason the lives we were honoring were very young. A beautiful new born was the youngest and 62 was the oldest with the other five being between the ages of 26-53. Wow! Very intense as you try to help these families find some kind of peace and comfort in losses that were way to soon and very unfair. So I am asked the question How do you do this work? You must be so numb from it all.. I do this work because I was called to do it. I have an inner strength that I rely on. However, numb I am not. Every single service I lead, every family I meet and who place their trust in me, I see as a privilege. And I feel their pain, I cry with them, I laugh with them, I walk with them as we mourn the death but then as we also celebrate a life! I think the hardest part for me was to learn to let them go. For days I become part of a family in a very close way. Then when I give them that final hug I know our paths may never cross again. But I give thanks that for a short time we walked the journey together. There are some families that continue to be a part of my life but most I will never see again.. I think that if I ever stop feeling or crying or seeing the pain of loss in another it will be time to retire. So today as I gather with my own family and give thanks for the family and many friends who enrich my own life, I also remember and give thanks for the many, many families who of touched my life for a short time. For all this and more, I feel truly blessed. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:13:20 +0000
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