We assembled at the funeral parlour at 8.30am to pay our last respects to Magali. As she was to be cremated and the nearest crematorium is in Grenoble in another Département, her coffin was sealed by the police for the journey. We then did the 2 hour tortuous, mountainous drive to the accompaniment of Bruce Springsteen stopping on route for a coffee. As the ceremony wasn't until 2pm, there was plenty of time to take in the scenery and the high walls of snow by the roadside which in a few places were over 6' high. Last week there had been an avalanche on this road though thankfully, no one was caught in it. In the evening several friends came by for a buffet supper and a few glasses of wine. There's no rhyme nor reason; death is part of life and it can arrive at any time therefore we need to live the life we have - not just to say it but to do it without getting caught up all those petty things that take up so much of our time and energy.
Monday 22 March 2010
A Long, Sad Day
We assembled at the funeral parlour at 8.30am to pay our last respects to Magali. As she was to be cremated and the nearest crematorium is in Grenoble in another Département, her coffin was sealed by the police for the journey. We then did the 2 hour tortuous, mountainous drive to the accompaniment of Bruce Springsteen stopping on route for a coffee. As the ceremony wasn't until 2pm, there was plenty of time to take in the scenery and the high walls of snow by the roadside which in a few places were over 6' high. Last week there had been an avalanche on this road though thankfully, no one was caught in it. In the evening several friends came by for a buffet supper and a few glasses of wine. There's no rhyme nor reason; death is part of life and it can arrive at any time therefore we need to live the life we have - not just to say it but to do it without getting caught up all those petty things that take up so much of our time and energy.
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