Happy Wednesday to all na ka.
My sharing this week is more on the personal side about the hindrance caused by COVID-19, making it too challenging to attend a funeral in one of the 'red' provinces ka.
Our dear ครุ friend's eldest sister passed away late last week. We were really sad and wanted to go to the funeral in person as we've known her sister and almost all in the family for decades....the term 'know' is a bit too shallow to use here even ka. Simply put, this family has a special place in our hearts.
We quietly discussed how to go about it not only how to express our condolences in time of her need for moral support, but also how to join in to tamboon since we couldn't go in person. The latter was simpler as all agreed to pool the donation with half going to the Monks hospital and the other to tamboon in our friend's hometown when the pandemic dies down for us to travel.
The former saw our creativity work at its best for each of the 16 (original with 18 but one just passed so we're left with 17) to help compose one poem in memory of the deceased. With a few who're wonderful composers in our group, it wouldn't be tough. What we had to handle quite delicately was how best for each to contribute and to help improve the draft without any hard feelings and how those who aren't keen to compose could have a share.
We managed successfully through LINE and occasionally through private room chats. A few composed the poem while those who didn't, sent in their inputs to be as keywords to describe our friend's eldest sister ka. All were done in good time for the cremation yesterday ka.
Our opening paragraphs and poem were read out to the guests before the actual cremation started. Though we all realize that nothing could have described our deep deep appreciation and love to 'our group's eldest sister', this piece of work has at least expressed how we felt ka.
COVID has driven our 'heart-to-heart' attempt to happen creatively ka!
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น