celebrating life

sunday saw 500 friends and family gather at eastside christian church in milford, ohio to celebrate the life of john haines. it was the first funeral/memorial that i've created atmosphere architecture for...and only the second where i've helped design the worship. jonathan wolfgang is the pastor of eastside and he rocked the house with his sermon/remembrance of john. my sister-in -law actually spoke about her marriage and life with john, without losing it..i'm not sure there would be any way i could have done that...i couldn't watch the slide show without falling apart.

it's one of those weird things...life goes on.
we have to go back to normal...which for the haines family will never be normal again.
and we have to start living again.
for me that means getting the kids back to school yesterday, being totally tired.
doing laundry
packing
and heading to the emergent gathering in glorietta, NM in about half an hour.

it will be good to see new things
see old friends
and be in another environment beyond the hospital.

thanks for your prayers
and your friendship

special thanks to julie gross and emma for all their creative hard work and for sharon for coming
through at the last minute with her muscial talent.
aaron and sarah thanks for the chocolate it helped too!

seeing today as a gift.
lil

Comments

[steve]

love n hugs

birth & life & death
rock n roll & love & heaven

it is in the holding each other
and the soothing of each others souls
that we find the solace
and the love of God
that passes all understanding

thinking of you

[Tony Myles]

A gift indeed.

[Sharon Snavely]

Lil,

as always the lewin family is in your prayers. God bless you now and always.

j,s,j,and j

[Jennifer]

I was surprised at how tired I was in the weeks after losing my dad (very recently.) I will pray that you have the energy you need for your travels and that you find refreshment there as well.

[Sandy Croucher]

Lill (and Lewin crew):

Sorry I've been out of touch up in NE Ohio. I was thinking about all you guys last weekend (I'm normally at Youth Specialties during the big OSU/Michigan game) and thought I'd google your blog to catch up. Sounds like your fall has been very rough. Prayers and hugs to you all this Thanksgiving and always.

Love,

Sandy