The people I talked to on August 9th saw me barely make it through what I had to say.
On Tuesday, August 3rd, my Mom died.
A few days later, my siblings asked me to speak at my mom's funeral. The eulogy I delivered was the hardest thing I've ever had to say. And maybe the most important.
How do you take something so life-filling and make it into words?
I told three stories from our recent life. I talked about who Mom was to me and tried to get at how she lived and what she did. I found myself weeping several times. I'm weeping as I write this now.
It's tough for me to talk about this, so I've posted what I said:
Nathanael's Eulogy for His Mom by nyellis
I stumbled through a few stories, showing who Mom is to me. There's a difference between telling and showing, and I tried to show. I also used quotes. Maybe a weak way of saying things, but reading the same scripture as I read at my Great Uncle (grandfather's) funeral seemed right.
It's a tough time for us. Like many families, I presume, Mom was our center.
My Dad said:
That's hard. Life shouldn't be like this.
We're taking donations in Mom's memory. God gave her and Dad a vision of working with orphans in China. Learn more at the little website we made.
Another tweet from Dad:
How do you take something so life-filling and make it into words?
I told three stories from our recent life. I talked about who Mom was to me and tried to get at how she lived and what she did. I found myself weeping several times. I'm weeping as I write this now.
It's tough for me to talk about this, so I've posted what I said:
Nathanael's Eulogy for His Mom by nyellis
I stumbled through a few stories, showing who Mom is to me. There's a difference between telling and showing, and I tried to show. I also used quotes. Maybe a weak way of saying things, but reading the same scripture as I read at my Great Uncle (grandfather's) funeral seemed right.
It's a tough time for us. Like many families, I presume, Mom was our center.
My Dad said:
That's hard. Life shouldn't be like this.
We're taking donations in Mom's memory. God gave her and Dad a vision of working with orphans in China. Learn more at the little website we made.
Another tweet from Dad:
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