When I did a reading at my best friends memorial service, I was having a hard time finding a reading that didn't make me feel like a hypocrite... So - I went with literature instead...
I read a few passages from "The Little Prince" by Antoine De Saint Exupery - the quote that chokes me up every time (besides reading this thread)
"In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars are laughing, when you look at the sky at night...you-only you-will have stars that can laugh!"
"And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... and your friends w ill be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, 'Yes, the stars always make me laugh!' And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on you..."
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Your mom is going to be very proud of you for all you've done for her til now, and all you are going to do in the future ...
Ok, so in an effort to get you to think about somehting else for a moment - -What kinds of food have been delivered? Anything tasty?
Still sending good thoughts your way