The past few weeks have been really interesting and contrasting. Last weekend I went to New Orleans for the weekend to be part of a wedding. My cousin got married to a chap from Australia. There were people at the wedding from five different continents; North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The bride and groom will honeymoon in Africa. That's a lot of ground to cover. And it was really interesting being around people from so many different places. It was great to be around so many people who were so happy.
I also went to a funeral of a man who was kind of like a grandfather to me. He was my aunt's father-in-law and he was at all of our family holiday celebrations. He always lead the prayers before our meals. I called him PawPaw. He was married for almost 70 years and his travel was either when he fought in World War II or when he went to visit his family in Kentucky. Oh yeah, and he traveled sometimes to LSU games. We celebrated his life and it was both sad and happy to remember him.
Funerals and weddings are very different for obvious reasons. But they are also the same. They are a celebration of life.
I really liked how you made the two things seem almost complete opposites, then say how they are similar at the end. I'm sorry about your PawPaw's lost, but I agree that both scenarios are a celebration of life.
ReplyDeleteI am happy that your cousin got married and sad that your almost grandfather died. I think that is very contrasting. Something so nice and sweet can happen and then in less than a week someone else dies.
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