This Eulogy for Grandma Jean was written by her youngest daughter Susan and delivered at her memorial event in April. Susan shares some of Jean’s final reflections and insights on death and the afterlife… Thank you all for being here today, to help celebrate Mom’s life. Mom was a great one to collect and...
Read more →After Grandma died, when my aunt was sorting through her belongings, she found a well-worn paperback novel on the bed stand. Inside the jacket cover, in Grandma’s distinctive handwriting, was inscribed: “My favourite book of all times”, signed: “Jean Thompson”. For a family of curious women, this old book with Grandma’s declaration has intrigued us. I don’t...
Read more →Grandma’s 93rd birthday was last week but she is no longer alive on Earth so she missed it. Grandma Jean departed in March. Although resistant for many years, in the end she understood that there was something more waiting. She knew it was her time and so she left us in peace. It was a...
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