Life Together

{Saturday morning 5am addition: Being together (in life) with family and friends on Friday ... with our Kay (more lively than ever) was heavenly.  People who attended her funeral, and those who were there in spirit (including loved ones who have passed and our Michigan Family), understand that my words cannot adequately express what we all felt yesterday.  Hugs and tears of love, sorrow, and joy say a lot.  Words spoken before and after the service, prayers uttered throughout the day, talks and music enjoyed in the sacred chapel, and written messages so lovingly offered, all combined to help us experience Heaven on Earth.
Know that I truly felt the Spirit of the Comforter all day, from Kay’s early-morning “hurry up — I’m ready” (as in Roseville), to my feeling embraced last night as I retired to bed.  A neighbor asked me at day’s end, “Are you doing OK?”  Taking it as plural, I replied, “Yes, we’re fine — it was all wonderful!”
Thank you, everyone, for the outpouring of love, for hugs with smiles ... and memorable food that comforts!  Kay and I are truly together in life, expressing our feelings for you.  With gratitude and love.}

Together more than ever, but in a different way.  Now that she’s more aware, does she know my deepest thoughts of love for her, which I failed to fully express in this life?  Can she help me feel the Spirit and act, more than she did before?

Our Kay is probably busier than ever, basking in the love of family and friends who have passed on.  Her motivating, energizing feeling of love for people in mortality, is likely boundless now.  She was uplifted and driven by it in Detroit, and now ... I imagine ... is feeling it on a higher level in her new assignment to help fellow spirits find happiness.

Wondering as I write, listening to "Sleeping Beauty Waltz" (a Class.89-radio coincidence?) — does Kay have mixed emotions, missing those she left behind?  I believe so, as recently suggested by a friend.  We may find comfort in the thought, as we are warmed by memories of her love.  We are not forgotten.

Sister Cannon in Michigan for the Church
serving the Savior with love and truth

sister missionaries serving the people of Michigan
for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

time out for family at The Henry Ford, Dearborn
with our youngest, visiting from Georgia