A not-so-final note

I'm just back from Susie's funeral - what a great celebration! Over 600 of us singing her "fave" hymns and renewal songs. Listening to the beautifully sung Webber Pie Jesu, sharing the Bread and Wine around the altar that Susie, as deacon, would have set. "The homilist reminded us that Susie's legacy lives on, her love for family and friends lives on. She is not gone, not forgotten. One of the last things she did, he told us, was to bless those gathered around her. What a gift!

Family members each sported a pink ribbon on their dress or lapel acknowledging the breast cancer that claimed Susie's earthly life. In fact, looking over the congregation I saw numerous others - women and men - wearing pink, each in her or his very own shade. So many of us have been touched by this incidious disease. How many more funerals must I attend before we find a cure?