Christ Mas Lights.

This week there were two funerals. My brother went to the one I went to the other. The funeral my brother went to the young person had taken their own life, on their birthday. My brother was very upset, and also the devastated parents, as there was no note left. I didn't know the young person, my brother grew up with the Dad of the deceased. The following day after the funeral, I rang my brother to ask, "How was the funeral?"

Today I went to a funeral. The deceased past away after a having cancer for only 5 months! To see the face on the funeral booklet today, was SO strange, for that was just how I remembered the person. Full of life and healthy. None of us knew at the start of this year, that this would happen. After lots of treatments and pain, death came.

Just like the funeral my brother went to, today was very sad, the children and grand children were devastated. There were lots of tears. The family is beautiful,  they are close-knit and support each other. That was good to see, and they will need each other in the days ahead.

I went to the funeral, the crematorium and the wake. 

Tonight as I drove home in the dark, along the narrow winding streets, after the lonely roads, then the beautiful Christ mas lights were in abundance, I'd never seen so many this year.  They were beautiful, colourful, creative, large and small. Those who live in those houses, have happy expectations for the Big Day. For my journey home, they were a nice distraction.

Then thinking of the two families, who has laid their loved ones to rest, this week, for them, Christ mas is cancelled.