The sunrise as I left Thursday morning for the funeral in the Bay Area. The sun decided to shine behind this hill and came out from behind the clouds.
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
T.S. Eliot
The horrible "parking lot" in the Bay Area around Concord. You couldn't pay me to live in this mess again. I pity those who have to be caught up in it every day. In my estimation, no job is worth the stress and grief that this traffic creates. We left this all behind in 1973 and I'm glad that we did.
Mausoleum of the Apostles at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, Calif.
The beautiful architecture inside the mausoleum.
The sun decided to shine from behind this angel and came out from behind the clouds.
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
T.S. Eliot
"Finding my way back to the missing part of myself, reclaiming it from the person or thing now gone, is the process I have called grieving. It is, literally, a life-saving process. Grieving is not only the way we survive a hurtful loss, but it is the way we can learn to live more creatively through and beyond the loss, into and out of a deeper part of ourselves."
Alla Bozarth-Campbell
I can only imagine how lost your uncle must be feeling. I wish him strength during this sad time.
ReplyDeleteLoved this Teri. Beautiful words and photos.
ReplyDeleteAlla Bozarth-Campbell quote really says it all.
Hugs to you dear friend.
That last quote is beautiful and so true. It's a process that can't be rushed, that's for certain.
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