tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post8441797693798365944..comments2023-11-03T05:09:33.978-04:00Comments on Fragments of Grace: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust (Warning: Explicit Entry)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-27695012532419040112010-06-29T10:38:27.291-04:002010-06-29T10:38:27.291-04:00{{{Karen}}}
Sometimes I think our blogs are one g...{{{Karen}}}<br /><br />Sometimes I think our blogs are one giant hug for people who would rather be getting hugs from someone no longer available to offer them.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-16271958424806527402010-06-29T09:50:34.267-04:002010-06-29T09:50:34.267-04:00Robin,
I'm in a bit of a slump right now. Sor...Robin, <br />I'm in a bit of a slump right now. Sorry I haven't been a good blog friend when you are going thru so much. I caught up today and just want you to know that you all will be in my thoughts and prayers. Ashes are another difficult part of the whole difficult thing. <br />Much love, KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519140951660677172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-52644579588223986872010-06-28T21:02:41.498-04:002010-06-28T21:02:41.498-04:00{{{MP}}}{{{MP}}}Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-56425777747486491572010-06-28T20:40:42.106-04:002010-06-28T20:40:42.106-04:00I wish, I wish I had accompanied my sons to the cr...I wish, I wish I had accompanied my sons to the crematorium or somehow had had the chance. It was such a visceral ripping, them torn from me, leaving my body far too soon due to terrible events of biology gone wrong, then holding them briefly and then having to let them go, and having them come back in the little box. Pouring them back into the earth in our church's cloister garden helped. Thank you for this very powerful post. Bone from bone, flesh from flesh. Indeed.MumPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027947521261794194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-4792398200666276152010-06-28T20:31:31.275-04:002010-06-28T20:31:31.275-04:00Traveling mercies to you on this journey with Josh...Traveling mercies to you on this journey with Josh. Thinking of you and praying with you.Kathryn Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757414380685368592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-33702683105480428182010-06-28T15:03:36.021-04:002010-06-28T15:03:36.021-04:00Yes, thank you so much. I feel that you're her...Yes, thank you so much. I feel that you're here with me, across the miles. Please know that I will be there with you, when you scatter your beloved son's precious ashes this week.<br /><br />You are going to be a fabulous minister. Apparently, our words and actions are needed in this world. Who would have guessed that such horrible events as the death of our children could inspire, and light the way, and help to provide comfort for others? The ways of this life are strange indeed, but I am thanking God that His LOVE is greater than death - and includes, embraces, infuses and envelops ALL.<br />Much, much love to you. XOXOXOXOGbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-17468390784505438982010-06-28T14:48:43.655-04:002010-06-28T14:48:43.655-04:00I can only echo what Mags said so well.
Travel we...I can only echo what Mags said so well.<br /><br />Travel well, dear sister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-50061433055297801892010-06-28T13:34:13.449-04:002010-06-28T13:34:13.449-04:00Thank you, Robin, for another beautifully written ...Thank you, Robin, for another beautifully written powerful piece that teaches as it touches my most inner core. Surely this writing is a ministry in and of itself. Wishing you safe travels this week.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-74178604932548366422010-06-28T11:06:23.582-04:002010-06-28T11:06:23.582-04:00This is so powerful and lovely, Robin....Thank you...This is so powerful and lovely, Robin....Thank you so much for sharing each step of this painful journey with us. Prayers for the next phase of releasing part of his precious body to a holy place.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-14590239177251031102010-06-28T09:38:57.882-04:002010-06-28T09:38:57.882-04:00(((((A hug for you)))))
Sitting there, just beyon...(((((A hug for you)))))<br /><br />Sitting there, just beyond my outstretched arm's reach, is a photo of the small bay into which I placed the ashes of my dear son's body. I can still taste the salt air of that day - or perhaps I am only remembering the scalding tears, tears that did not fall from my eyes but burned my heart until it, too, poured out into the sea.<br /><br />Waiting, as are so many, for sorrow to end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-48832076008402842682010-06-28T09:26:29.257-04:002010-06-28T09:26:29.257-04:00Thank you for this, dear one. Your willingness to ...Thank you for this, dear one. Your willingness to be so open and transparent in sharing your hard, unwanted experience is-- well, it's nothing short of heroic. It is also deeply appreciated.<br /><br />Love goes with you to North Carolina this week.Magdalene6127https://www.blogger.com/profile/11036211735489393308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907440527168314545.post-55807550857517965672010-06-28T08:37:39.205-04:002010-06-28T08:37:39.205-04:00I am grateful to know that I, and or family member...I am grateful to know that I, and or family members if they desire, can accompany the bodies of their loved one to the crematorium. I have often been the one to go to the funeral home, which housed the crematorium in AZ, to pick up the cremains. And I have even divided the cremains up for families who did not want to do that themselves, so they could inter some in the church columbarium and some at a favorite summer home or another church or wherever...I am grateful to have any number of ways I can offer solace to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. As I sit here this morning I am holding prayer vigil for a young boy, 16, from my former congregation, who has brain cancer. He is having and MRI and several biopsies ths morning because the doctors fear it is spreading even as he is in the middle of heavy chemo treatments. The mom has already made some decisions about his funeral, should it come to that. He's not my child but I was his priest for 8 years, he played with my son, he was a child of mine. <br /><br />bone. to. bone. I get that. totally. much love as you spread those precious ashes and envelop one more place in memories of love.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com