The patience of a saint wedding vowsThe Loss of a Mother funeral reading
Here’s the next in my series of funeral readings you might like to consider for your loved one’s funeral or memorial ceremony. Some are sad, some are uplifting, some are comforting; there’s something for everyone here.
Readings are absolutely not a compulsory part of a funeral or memorial ceremony. Sometimes family members or friends desperately want to speak at their loved one’s funeral, but they haven’t got the wherewithal to write something themselves. Readings are a perfect stand-in: your emotions and feelings right there on the page ready for you to contribute.
Remember readings can be adapted – if your favourite reading is written for him, you can change it to her! If it’s written for Mum, you can change it to Dad or Grandma or Grandpa, whatever fits for you. Take out lines that don’t fit your circumstances. I just make sure to introduce such a reading as an adaptation.
The Loss of a Mother, by Donna Ashworth
The loss of a mother
is an inevitable part of our life.
We know it will come around
and we know the day will hurt
but we are not prepared
never prepared
for the tearing.
The tearing of a part of our soul
from its very seams
stitches pulled asunder
heart wrenched in half
soul split in two.
But that tearing is not what you may think
it is not her leaving you
it is the loss of her physical form
which you have been
so very used and attached to.
And now she must remove that part
for it no longer serves you
and you no longer need it
despite what you may think.
Because she made you well
and she built all of her love into you
cell by cell
thought by thought
lesson by lesson.
And the split that you feel
is simply the new way
you will carry on your love
for your mother
with your mother
just in a different way
for she did not leave
mothers cannot leave
they are in you
look inside
she’s there
and that is unable to be taken now
that is all yours to keep
forevermore.
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