What do we leave behind?
The immediate loss is huge.
But years down the track?
Religion and art are not just an addition to making sense of death. (Phillip Adams, April 27th)
They are why we have made it this far.
The physical possessions disperse, but art and spirit live on.
I must add my confession that I am not big on memorials.
My mother and father’s ashes remain with me in the house.
Purely as it was not a feature of our lives to visit graves.
And on the rare occasion we looked, the grave could not be found, in among the endless rows of concrete slabs.
It works far better for me to set them free in a place they loved.
But getting everyone together is impossible!
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