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In reply to the discussion: Tired. Worn out. SOOOOO many COVID funerals..... [View all]WVGal1963
(145 posts)I do not typically post on DU, although I check in several times daily to read, read, read and follow links, etc. So if I do this incorrectly, it is only because Im new as a person who doesnt quite understand posting.
The outpouring of encouraging comments, loving messages, uplifting thoughts
I am just so grateful and humbled. Words escape me, somewhat. It has been a joy to read every single thing that each of you have written to me and I will share them all with my store family. They ALL need this, too. And I know it, and I see it, and I feel it.
Oddly, what I notice most is how the burdens of all these tragic deaths hits them in their shoulders
.yes
.shoulders. Theres a slump. Does that make sense? There are heavy sighs - - HEAVY SIGHS - - and a brief moment of slump. But we all grab the tools of our trade, we look at one another, collect our shears, our amazingly beautiful fresh flower blooms, the realization that our creative work ultimately brings comfort, and we power through. And we get busy with the task at hand.
Tomorrow, before noon, we will be delivering a casket spray for another friend. His daughter, who is in her mid 20s, brought us his favorite fishing hat, several lures, and his treasured fish catch from a taxidermist. We will be incorporating all of that into the floral tribute. It takes a lot of engineering, but we will make it happen. She is an only child, and fished with her dad all the time.
It feels like the universe just shared something wonderful, though. And that is each of you! The skies, tonight, even seemed like they were opening with some glorious cloud scapes. Glorious cloud scapes!! And I looked upward, shook my head, looked again and felt like all the globe needs a collective hug, a collective sigh, a collective glance, and a collective moment of healing.
And theres no way I would have felt any of that without my DU family. No way.