words are not enough

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tomorrow, i will be attending a memorial for my step-aunt who passed away last thursday.
i’ve never been to anything like this before. i don’t know the protocol. i don’t know the right things to say to her husband or her daughters. i only know that i have to be there, if only to spend a quiet moment in the church being thankful she was so welcoming of me into her home during the sunny summer pool parties and the recent winter holidays, a moment mourning for her newborn grandson who will never know what her voice sounded like, a moment remembering how she always loved to talk about books and coronation street with me, a moment being grateful she’s no longer in pain from her disease.
i don’t know what i’m supposed to say.

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7 Thoughts on “words are not enough”

  1. (the shorter)Heather on February 14, 2002 at 22:48 said:

    “I’m sorry” about covers it. If you need more, well, simply sharing those remembrences you just wrote about would fill in nicely.

  2. (the shorter)Heather on February 14, 2002 at 22:49 said:

    Oh, yeah, and don’t show up with bells on! ;)

  3. jodi on February 15, 2002 at 00:12 said:

    you don’t need to say anything. just being there is comfort enough.

  4. guruvious on February 15, 2002 at 04:20 said:

    You just said it. Support is what they need.

  5. kaydee on February 15, 2002 at 04:43 said:

    i’m sorry for you.

  6. Candi on February 15, 2002 at 06:40 said:

    I’m sorry, Heather. Don’t worry about what you’re supposed to say, just be there, and whatever needs to come out, will. *hugs*

  7. chaos on February 16, 2002 at 15:52 said:

    sometimes it’s better when you don’t say anything at all.. just being there for them is good enough

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