Comments on: Containers of Connection & Love http://blog.chinaberry.com/2008/11/dear-friends-letter-november-2008/ The Meeting Place for the Chinaberry Community Sat, 18 May 2013 11:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Lucinda http://blog.chinaberry.com/2008/11/dear-friends-letter-november-2008/#comment-30548 Lucinda Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:45:43 +0000 http://blog.chinaberry.com/?p=285#comment-30548 Dear Elizabeth, so good to hear from you after all this time. And so glad my review of your wonderful book is in Chinaberry again. Dear Papa died last Halloween/Samhain, and my book about my mother's death is on hold because I am involved with the first woman owned funeral home to offer after death vigils and wakes like in the old days - out in the Northwest/Seattle/Whidbey Island where I live. We had such a wake for Papa on the mountain in Alabama. We built his coffin ourselves from the land's cherry wood, and he lay in state in the dining room surrounded by his jars of honey and our many dogs. People came to the cabins like in the old days, and Joy, his dog slept under the coffin every night. When I drove Papa to the crematorium, Joy jumped up on the coffin and rode that way all the way to town. I think I haven't finished my book because there are new chapters now to add. But I will someday. Thanks for your blessings. They will help! Warmly, Lucinda Dear Elizabeth, so good to hear from you after all this time.
And so glad my review of your wonderful book is in Chinaberry again. Dear Papa died last Halloween/Samhain, and my book about my mother’s death is on hold because I am involved with the first woman owned funeral home to offer after death vigils and wakes like in the old days - out in the Northwest/Seattle/Whidbey Island where I live.

We had such a wake for Papa on the mountain in Alabama. We built his coffin ourselves from the land’s cherry wood, and he lay in state in the dining room surrounded by his jars of honey and our many dogs. People came to the cabins like in the old days, and Joy, his dog slept under the coffin every night. When I drove Papa to the crematorium, Joy jumped up on the coffin and rode that way all the way to town.

I think I haven’t finished my book because there are new chapters now to add. But I will someday. Thanks for your blessings. They will help!
Warmly, Lucinda

]]> By: elizabeth crook http://blog.chinaberry.com/2008/11/dear-friends-letter-november-2008/#comment-30542 elizabeth crook Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:53:19 +0000 http://blog.chinaberry.com/?p=285#comment-30542 Lucinda, the chinaberry catalog just landed on my mail table, and looking through it I found, to my surprise, your lovely review of my novel The Night Journal in it once again. Thank you so much again for your very warm words. They reminded me of our correspondence, so I looked to see if you were still with Chinaberry, and I found this blog. These are beautiful entries! I remember you were going to write about your mother's death. Blessings in that endeavor. Take care, Elizabeth Crook Lucinda, the chinaberry catalog just landed on my mail table, and looking through it I found, to my surprise, your lovely review of my novel The Night Journal in it once again. Thank you so much again for your very warm words. They reminded me of our correspondence, so I looked to see if you were still with Chinaberry, and I found this blog. These are beautiful entries! I remember you were going to write about your mother’s death. Blessings in that endeavor. Take care,
Elizabeth Crook

]]> By: Dawn http://blog.chinaberry.com/2008/11/dear-friends-letter-november-2008/#comment-27 Dawn Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:42:23 +0000 http://blog.chinaberry.com/?p=285#comment-27 Lucky you to have ALL of those lovely memories! Lucky you to have ALL of those lovely memories!

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