There was a time over a year ago when we lost a loved one to breast cancer. My sister Michelle Renee'. She was a young 50 years old. I had the intense blessing of caring for her until she took her last breath. Although it was breaking my heart to see her slip away; I knew she was comfortable and well taken care of and some of her last words to me a couple days before she lost the capability to speak was... that she went into a beautiful white light and just floated around happy and peacefully every time she went 'out'. (a frozen seizure) She left this world too soon. She was my one constant, my miss Emily to my miss Maeme ( the Walton's tv show).
To honor my sister, some family members took one of her head scarfs and a picture of her and went down to the pacific ocean at night ( not quite sure why we picked night time) built a camp fire, found some drift wood and fashioned a sail ship out of it. We used her head scarf as a sail and fixed the picture of her to it. A few of her nephews braved the cold waters and took the ship out into the ocean about knee deep. The ship was set off. One person ( with a slingshot-because we had no bow and arrow) lit a fireball- and shot it at the vessel to give my sister her beloved Viking funeral that she always talked about.
I would like to say that the fireball was a direct hit and it burned brightly as it sailed into eternity...but..no. It was a valiant try. One of the men had to go out in the surf and manually light it on fire~
And so the rest of us stood on the banks of moolock beach, Newport, Oregon and bid my sister-Auntie-and mother a sweet crossing over~
We returned to the campfire and toasted my sister with each of us giving a precious memory dear to our own heart. It was healing, we laughed, we cried, we were cold...... and finally retreated to our vehicle after extinguishing the fire.
We gave her what she wanted, she gave us a way to let go of our inner most grief. Although we all miss her in our own ways...it is easy to find a smile upon our faces when we remember the tribute to honor her life. I know it made her smile-
I have no doubt that after fighting a good and courageous battle for her health, that she is free of pain and is having the time of her spiritual new beginning.
If you loose someone who has your heart, I encourage you to get family and friends together and pay a beautiful and fun tribute to them. Leave the end of their earthly life with a fond memory. They want you to remember them and smile, ear to ear....not to be sad.
Honor them in this way- it will help heal the heart~
Peace out~
Love well~
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