Memorial services are a time of blurry emotion: family togetherness, tearful reflection, heartache, joyful connection, regret, hopeful blessing.
A brother and two sisters, with one parent lost in the recent past; another lost just three days before. They knew a childhood filled with their own interpretations, their own reactions, their own truths. They often found themselves focusing on the difficult rather than the pleasant.
This day offered an unexpected treasure, a retelling of the best of times through a process of creative redesign. Their parents came alive again—the story of their marriage shared with strangers and heard by children as something they did not know before.
It was a day of discovery. It was the perfect way to say good-bye.
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