Excerpt from “The Joinings“: As we were born into new bodies and new capabilities, we walked upright and surveyed our world. Our instincts and intellect drove us forward. We built tools and fire. We mastered the planet and its creatures. We became self-aware and questioning. We formed tribes and worked together to build homes...
Read more →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...
Read more →My little sister is in the hospital tonight, giving birth to her first child. Probably right now, she is screaming in agony as this new life struggles to escape from her womb. We all started this way but don’t remember our own startling arrival on earth. However, mothers around the world will never forget...
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