"Community" has been a very frequent word for me to use over the last six months. As many of you know because you were there, we held a funeral and a celebration of life for our younger son, Nick, yesterday at St. Catherine's church and parish center. I feel blessed to have been joined by so many dear friends at such a crucial time for healing to begin. You can read Nick's obituary here and get a good sense of how embedded in the B'game community he was. There are many, many people I could thank for their support over the last six months, but I will do that privately if I have not already done so.
Here is a good place to offer a communal "Thank You!" At the celebration of life, people from all different aspects of our B'game community came together and to a person they noted what a tight knit community it is. There were several instances of rapprochement, or "burying the hatchet", that happened during the celebration. Not all involved me or my family, but people who saw each other, heard a homily by Fr. John Ryan that emphasized treating people with kindness, and felt moved to do just that.
So thank you to everyone in the community for making it a community that supports each other. When you need it, you really need it.
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