A death in the family relates you to more than just your family. As an executor and pastor of the local church where the funeral will be held, I accrue other duties. I’ve been around town more than once. Worked on a Sunday sermon. I will have visited a lawyer, funeral director, friends, and family.
So, for a reprieve we hung out tonight with our AWANA group – grades 1-4 kids that are just fun to be with. For 2 hours we forgot pressing matters and pressed on to the “fun” stuff of life.
Now I’m home. Our lawyer has just dropped off some papers, I’ve completed some letters, read condolences, heard of meals being prepared for us and now, I am going to bed. Tomorrow we head off to the land down south to visit relatives and stop by another funeral home.
This has been an education — one which brings new appreciation for the work of those who assist and comfort us at the death of a loved one!
Thank you!