I went to Jenn F’s Mum’s funeral this morning. I found it very moving. It’s always seeing the family upset that gets to me. Lynn should have had many more years with her beautiful daughters and lovely grand-children. The priest gave a very good sermon, about how people make Christianity too complicated when it should be simple, about love. It’s a while since I have been at a Catholic funeral and I liked all of the responses and the music especially "On Eagle's Wings" based on Psalm 91, which I haven't heard before. I think that it was a good funeral service for a much-loved lady, and I hope that it was a comfort to the family.
It was still very windy today and there were several huge gusts of wind during the service that sounded as if the roof of the chapel was about to lift off. It has been much windier up north than in Glasgow and I noticed in the Ullapool Facebook page that peoples’ bins and greenhouses have been blown into other peoples’ gardens as well as roads being blocked temporarily by trees.
I went into Glasgow afterwards and met Jackie for lunch at Zizzi’s in Princes Square and we had a good old chat and catch up. I haven't blogged about Jackie's illness until now, because it's her private business. However she is very open about it. In April 2018 at the age of 44, Jackie was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in her left breast. I will never forget my shock when she phoned to tell me. She had a mastectomy and reconstruction, then months of chemo and radiation therapies. Her beautiful boys, Finn and Noah, were aged only 11 and 8 swhen she was diagnosed and of course they were her main concern. Since then she has undergone various treatments, it has not been easy for her; her cancer is currently in remission. Despite everything she has gone through she is always there for me and her family and other friends. She is a fantastic friend.
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