[Oe List ...] the pine box

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Charles,

Your 82 years of living hold stories of a fulfilled life, perhaps there are
many more to come.  I will be thinking of you on the 9th!  I have many
grand memories of each and both of you.

Love and hugs until we meet again,

Nancy



On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Charles Hahn <cfhahn30 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nancy,
> What a moving and profound and down to earth story.  I was moved.  Keep
> the memory alive on Sunday, the 9th,  It is my birthday and I'll be 82.
> Our best wishes.
> Charles and Doris too
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Nancy Lanphear <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ones,
>>
>> The image of a PINE BOX seems to be emerging as a topic of another story
>> ... and as it has,  I would offer the story of a "pine box".  As the day of
>> Fred's memorial service was dawning our son Bob and his son, Mason  went to
>> the barn here at Songaia where all reusable and some not so, are kept. Much
>> of the salvaged material was Fred's doing ... "it might come in handy one
>> day" ... Fred's body was cremated so it was his ashes were available for
>> the ceremony.
>>
>> However, it seemed appropriate for a man whose whole life had been one of
>> simplicity and frugality to have the image of the pine box as a means of
>> burial.
>>
>> Bob and Mason built the burial box with several pieces of wood that they
>> found ... they fashioned it with love, a bit of sanding so it would be
>> smooth and brought it into the house just before the memorial service.
>> Yes, yet another ritual was immediate  ..... each of the family members
>> decided what objects Grandpa Fred needed to take with him .... a piece of
>> lichen (Bruce) , a Kenyan statue (Bob) ,his wedding and community (silver)
>> rings (Nancy), a piece of blue cloth (Nancy), a puzzle piece (Sandy).
>> There were several other items the strangest of all was a piece of bread
>> with spaghetti sauce on it - spaghetti was one of Fred's very favorite
>> meals.
>>
>> The second anniversary of Fred's death comes very soon, 9/9 2012.
>> Although he continues to be missed, quoted, remembered with his writings
>> and stories, songs and of course, his presence, our lives are full and
>> good.  A wooden owl sits high on top of the gazebo in our Songaia garden -
>> the gazebo was dedicated to Fred during our Festival of the Earth in May of
>> 2010 - the owl was found and place on the roof in Fred's honor .... his
>> middle initial is O - for Orville.  Our community seems to find, create
>> and use spaces for sacredness, song and ritual at a moments notice.... it
>> is certainly one of our most wonderful gifts.
>>
>> With love,
>>
>> Nancy
>>
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