October 4, 2009 at 12:38am
Dear Uncle Don,
Let me first express my condolences to you on the loss of your Mother, Our "Mother Dear".
This has been a long journey for us all most especially you and Aunt Carol and I want to tell you how grateful I am that you both took such great care of her over the past 16 years since we loss Grandfather. I am sure that he is pleased and proud of what good stewards you have been over his beloved Grell and her affairs.
As is befitting of this occasion, I am hoping that you would consider scheduling Mother Dear's Homegoing Services for the later part of the week( Friday) rather than mid-week (Wednesday). This would give the opportunity for more of her and our friends and family to pay their respects and celebrate her life with us. Gratefully, most of us hold positions in our jobs and community that may dictate that we have a to give a little more of a notice in order to make arrangements to get away. Also, finances being what they are for most of us, delaying the funeral one or two days make go a long way towards facilitating more of an attendance by those who are coming from a distance to pay our respects, and it may be easier for others to get a Friday off from school and work and travel back to our respective homes in time to start a new work week on Monday. Emotionally, it can give us all an opportunity to fellowship together and catch our breaths before going back to work or school on Monday.
I am sure that you recall what a comfort it was to see so many people in attendance at Grandfather's funeral, expressing their love and respect. Mother Dear deserves no less. True, many of those who were with us then have gone on themselves, but Mother Dear had a host of new friends that she made over these years, at church and in her apartment building who I am sure would want to be there with us. Also, we are closing an Era, not just for The Roberts clan, but the members of the Church which no longer identifies itself as "Mount Zion Christian Mission of Panama" but as "Mount Zion Tabernacle", no remembrances of our rich Panamanian/Barbadian heritage. Our Grandmother Louise Hinds help build that church and our family has been part of it throughout the last century into this one. We need to represent in as great a number as we can muster.
Again, I hope that you consider this request, not just for me but from many of us. We would all be very grateful for you to give us an opportunity to spend this time together as a family in as dignified and loving manner as possible and we will always appreciate that you went out of your way to consider us all in our collective time of sorrow.
Be Blessed,
Your Niece,
Patricia
Let me first express my condolences to you on the loss of your Mother, Our "Mother Dear".
This has been a long journey for us all most especially you and Aunt Carol and I want to tell you how grateful I am that you both took such great care of her over the past 16 years since we loss Grandfather. I am sure that he is pleased and proud of what good stewards you have been over his beloved Grell and her affairs.
As is befitting of this occasion, I am hoping that you would consider scheduling Mother Dear's Homegoing Services for the later part of the week( Friday) rather than mid-week (Wednesday). This would give the opportunity for more of her and our friends and family to pay their respects and celebrate her life with us. Gratefully, most of us hold positions in our jobs and community that may dictate that we have a to give a little more of a notice in order to make arrangements to get away. Also, finances being what they are for most of us, delaying the funeral one or two days make go a long way towards facilitating more of an attendance by those who are coming from a distance to pay our respects, and it may be easier for others to get a Friday off from school and work and travel back to our respective homes in time to start a new work week on Monday. Emotionally, it can give us all an opportunity to fellowship together and catch our breaths before going back to work or school on Monday.
I am sure that you recall what a comfort it was to see so many people in attendance at Grandfather's funeral, expressing their love and respect. Mother Dear deserves no less. True, many of those who were with us then have gone on themselves, but Mother Dear had a host of new friends that she made over these years, at church and in her apartment building who I am sure would want to be there with us. Also, we are closing an Era, not just for The Roberts clan, but the members of the Church which no longer identifies itself as "Mount Zion Christian Mission of Panama" but as "Mount Zion Tabernacle", no remembrances of our rich Panamanian/Barbadian heritage. Our Grandmother Louise Hinds help build that church and our family has been part of it throughout the last century into this one. We need to represent in as great a number as we can muster.
Again, I hope that you consider this request, not just for me but from many of us. We would all be very grateful for you to give us an opportunity to spend this time together as a family in as dignified and loving manner as possible and we will always appreciate that you went out of your way to consider us all in our collective time of sorrow.
Be Blessed,
Your Niece,
Patricia
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