Once again we were burying a family member who should not be buried. Another funeral that we should not have to attend, another person we should not have to miss, not yet, not this soon, not this suddenly, not this young.
I say though, it’s a damn good thing we’re such a BIG family (although some of us Taffs better start multiplying or we won’t be numerous forever…), because when we gather together it is still wonderful, it will always be wonderful won’t it? Aunt Sherry’s funeral necessitated a particularly unique opportunity for our family to travel together. Together the extended Taff family greeted Texas friends, comforted and provided distraction to J, S, and C, together we got on a plane, together we arrived in Mississippi, and together pilgrimed to her burial place in Betheden, to a church, a town and a people that are near to all our roots but mostly belong to Sherry. Together we buried her.
We will miss her and forever curse the suddenness with which she unfairly disappeared from our midst, but the togetherness we still have we will be sure to cherish.
Texas and Mississippi Taffs at the San Antonio airport
