Part of Life.

Oh my... So many things that I could write about...
Well, first off, I went to a funeral today. My first one.. (not counting one I went the one when I was very young.) It was my friend's grandma and, it was very sad...
The service was very sweet and this woman was such a great person: absolutely devoted to helping others, wonderful with kids, always smiling, and doing everything she could for God's glory. I was very inspired by what they said about her.
I... would like to have stuff like that be said at my funeral. I want to be someone people love and have been affected positively by.

Well... I was going to go onto some other thoughts that have been sitting at the front of my mind... But, now that I've re-thought about the funeral and stuff, everything else seems so pointless.

So, I'll just continue on this thought. We got into the long line of cars behind the herse, heading toward the cemetary. It was... very extrordinary. The way cars stopped completely on the side of the road... it filled me with the feeling of immense respect.
Of course, there were the people who were inching along, tapping on the side of the car, and just being plain impatient.
And, I was a tad aggravated about that.

My friends were dicussing it in the car, saying that no where is too important and that they couldn't just wait a minute, in respect for this loss. They wanted to put a sign out for them to read, something along the lines of, "It doesn't matter where you're going, this is where you end up." There were other suggestions, but I don't remember them.

This whole expierence just makes me think about how many more funerals am I going to have to go to in my lifetime? Especially as I get old.

During chapel, I watched sweet old ladies dab their eyes with kleenexes from the pain of separtation from their friend. And, I couldn't help but imagine myself, old and frail, attending my friends funerals. What will it be like? I hope my life will be filled with amazingly good things and death...will be the next step to a new life.

I know future funerals will be sad. But... it's a part of life, right? I know practically all my family will be going to heaven when they die, as well as myself... And that's a very wonderous thing.

"See you later."