Category Archives: Death

Memorial Service

Posted on 2017/06/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Last evening I attended the Memorial Service for virtuous woman I’ve known since 1977.  Mrs Carolyn Cox Rand, wife of Nathaniel Rand, who preceded his wife in passing a couple of years ago. I met this couple when I had … Continue reading →

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Waiting For You

Posted on 2017/05/30 by JimR, Chaplain

Sift my ashes Through your fingers Let the wind take them away. Of me, this is all that lingers. Let me settle in the grasses That which may. Becoming a part of the earth For the rest of days Body … Continue reading →

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That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It

Posted on 2013/12/08 by JimR, Chaplain

I talked with my recently deceased brother’s partner in life last evening. I perceived her loneliness during the conversation. She’s a good woman and had been with him for at least twenty years I would suppose. He’d been married twice … Continue reading →

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Life After Death

Posted on 2011/08/26 by JimR, Chaplain

You see, I have for sometime expressed my desire to be cremated.  It wasn’t some decision to frivilously come to.  I though long and hard on this subject.  I don’t think being dead and claustrophobia are an issue.  Being dead, … Continue reading →

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