Introduction to a Eulogy

At times such as this, when we remember a loved one who has died, publicly celebrating her life, our memories are something like a photo album with snapshots frozen in time.

We stare at the images.

Emotions flow for times we never knew, as well as for times we shared.

Our younger selves often stare back at us and we are haunted.

We witness the progress of a lifetime, a goodly span of years.

We wonder at the role of circumstance and chance, as well as see, perhaps for the first time, the moral arc of a life lived deliberately, and how we are affected: her life infused in our life.
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