A Death in the Family

While I was away in Miami and then New Jersey, our dear Sharon died.  She was given a beautiful send off, with assistants and supervisors taking turns watching vigil through the night, as her casket was laid out in our gathering room among flowers and candles.  The entire community, friends and family went in procession across to the church for the funeral mass the next day.   Sharon came to Harbor House as a very young woman.  She was a funny, funny lady, who would break out into a Donald Duck imitation at the drop of a hat.  She read very well, and was always chosen to narrate the Living Nativity and other Scripture during the course of a year.  She lived with Mary and Sister Rita in Prayer House off campus.

Each of our core members is reacting differently in their grief.  Stacy is very angry and is acting out on it. We, assistants, are trying to understand and cope with her.