Graf Kids Celebrate Life

Today we celebrated the Memorial Service for Lorenzo Rosebaugh, our friend who was killed in Guatemala. At the service we declared by acclamation Lorenzo to be a saint. Monday we will celebrate the funeral of Joseph Brooks, Ella’s husband. I appreciate these celebrations but can do without these kinds of celebrations of someone who has died.

I prefer the celebrations of my grandchildren. They are spontaneous, unplanned, full of joy not sorrow, and celebrate life to be, not life that was.

My hope is that after Monday life will be more normal, death will be on hold, warm summer weather will finally come and we can come together to celebrate life without someone dying. As we prayed today: “Life is stronger than death.”

I end today and this posting with a quote from Saint Lorenzo Rosebaugh that was sent to me recently. “I reach out to the entire universe, asking the energy, the love needed to unite more and more with the people God has placed in my life and with all creation that yearns to be one.”

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