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Thoughts on Three Funerals

June 30, 2015 by Lanita Boyd

Funerals vary so much it’s hard to keep up. From very formal to allowing an open mic, from suits and ties, heels and pearls to jeans and t-shirts, from the family scattered around the room to a receiving line–today anything goes. I’ve attended three funerals this month, and the surroundings, the families, and the speakers … [Read more…]

God’s Mysterious Ways

April 6, 2011 by Lanita Boyd

Another friend is dying. I remember my dad telling me, “It seems like everyone I love is dying,” and he was younger than I am now. Linda is only 56 and that is too young. Her children and grandchildren still need her. I first knew Linda as a relatively new mother, struggling to get two … [Read more…]