Maureen's Life
I went to a Celebration of a Life today...I guess this is kind of opposed to something called a funeral. All I know is that my uncle, who I attended this with and who is 86 years young, would have called it a funeral.
What you are looking at is a close-up shot of the Order of Service sheet we were handed as we entered the church.
Maureen and I grew up as members of the same extended family (her Aunt and Uncle being my Aunt and Uncle). Though we had crossed paths when we were younger, it wasn't until I was living in Toronto, as was she, that we had occasion to really spend some time together. We had been asked to work up a song for our cousin's wedding, in which she would sing and I would accompany on the guitar. The song was 'Evergreen' by Barbara Steisand. As we both worked downtown, we would meet afterwards and subway up to her place to rehearse...a few moments in the larger frame time of life that changed the way I looked at things forever.
As one speaker after another came to the podium to give a tribute, many lead by someone who had sight, the true inspiration of what her life was unfolded into a magnificent experience!
This was one of three songs that accompanied the 'celebration' 'Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran.
Maureen's Life
I went to a Celebration of a Life today...I guess this is kind of opposed to something called a funeral. All I know is that my uncle, who I attended this with and who is 86 years young, would have called it a funeral.
What you are looking at is a close-up shot of the Order of Service sheet we were handed as we entered the church.
Maureen and I grew up as members of the same extended family (her Aunt and Uncle being my Aunt and Uncle). Though we had crossed paths when we were younger, it wasn't until I was living in Toronto, as was she, that we had occasion to really spend some time together. We had been asked to work up a song for our cousin's wedding, in which she would sing and I would accompany on the guitar. The song was 'Evergreen' by Barbara Steisand. As we both worked downtown, we would meet afterwards and subway up to her place to rehearse...a few moments in the larger frame time of life that changed the way I looked at things forever.
As one speaker after another came to the podium to give a tribute, many lead by someone who had sight, the true inspiration of what her life was unfolded into a magnificent experience!
This was one of three songs that accompanied the 'celebration' 'Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran.