Category: Cremation

• Dan & Daughter At Rest

  My father is hidden behind everything I am. –Adrienne Egan “Danny Boy” (From a high school essay) I have long dreaded what was about to take place. As I approached the shore of Long Pond, the memories began to weigh heavy on my heart. How often had I stood in the sand since the early…

  patrickjegan

  September 1, 2022

  Adirondacks, brotherly love,, brothers, Cremation, death, Family, History, Holding onto the Past, Home, ice, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, moon, Mountains and Memories, Nature, non-fiction, North Country Life, parents, Real Personal History, son, summer, winter

  Adirondacks, death, Dorset, Long Pond, memorial service, memories, winter

• A Spadeful of Earth

  Grief is the price we pay for love. –Queen Elizabeth II In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent…

  patrickjegan

  June 12, 2022

  Adirondacks, canoe, Childhood, Creativity, Cremation, death, Family, Friendship, History, Holding onto the Past, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Mountains and Memories, Nature, non-fiction, owego ny, Real Personal History, Religion, summer, Susquehanna River, Time, winter

  Adirondacks, death, General Clinton Canoe Regatta, grieving, Loss of a long time friend, memories, owego ny

• A Memory Is Immortality

  To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. —Anon I stood and stared at the box. I was alone. All the relatives, guests and friends had left after the service. The room was quiet except for the almost imperceptible recorded tones of funeral music. I stood several feet away from the box,…

  patrickjegan

  February 10, 2022

  brothers, Childhood, Cremation, death, Family, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, Real Personal History, terminal cancer, Uncategorized

  Immortality, memories of childhood, stories