My husband is a quarter native american and his cousin was born and grew up on an Indian reservation up in Canada. She was only 23 and left behind a beautiful 1 year old. She had this autoimmune disease that she discovered having about three years ago. She was able to carry the pregnancy and had a wonderful little boy whom she loved and mother so well.
She was beautiful, kind, smart and all around a wonderful person loved dearly by so many.
The funeral lasted 3 whole days. First the family got together and sang songs, cried and told stories about Meagan and then the next day they moved the body from the parents' house to a bigger building. There friends and family gathered and had pretty much done a wake like the one for just family. The next day, Monday was the funeral. It was packed, and more than 100 people I think stood for almost 4 hours. There was aboriginal drumming, a flutist and songs and dances and stories. Her mom talked about her daughter and that just touched me so much. I can't imagine anything worse than losing a child. At the same time I loved how full of faith they were, truly believing that they would see her again and that she was reunited with other lost family members. I felt peace in knowing that that was true. After the funeral we went up to the family land an hour away on dirt roads up in the mountains to bury her. I am so glad it didn't snow as I don't think we would've made it. It was pretty muddy. At one point the car line stopped for quite a while. Soon I saw a bunch of people on horses. They led the way after that. I think that's another Indian custom but most like it was because Meagan loved horses.
Afterwards we went back and were fed a wonderful meal with delicious fry bread and other goodies. It is truly touching to me how their community is so tightly nit together. They do take care of each other and grieve together and help each other out.
God rest her soul and I pray that her family will be able to go beyond this very difficult time.
2 comments:
Imi pare tare rau! Dar, dupa cum stii bine, ea e acum intr-un loc mult mai bun.
Draga mea, mii de condoleante! Este foarte trist! Mai ales ca inmormantarea a durat trei zile, dar inteleg ca au vrut sa o comemoreze cat mai frumos. Foarte trist pentru familie si baietelul ei, Domnul sa ii odihneasca sufletul in pace! Te pup si sper sa iti revii emotional cat mai repede.
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