A Simple Tribute to Uncle Daniel.

It seems like only like yesterday that i gotta know him through young wardens, a ministry which i joined back at st. mike's and though i do not know him that well. the times which i talked to him would be well remembered. i remembered that when i was new to wardens and servin my first healing mass, it was him that advised me wat to do and how to do. and he was ever patient in teaching us. he was also a nice person to talk too with a sense of humour and that sparkle in his eye. whenever you walked past him, he would never fail to greet u with a "Hi" and a smile or a wink in his eye would follow. and this is what and how i remembered him by.

i believed that from what my parents said, that he fought a good fight with cancer before the Lord decided that it was time to join him, and join him he did.

May he find Eternal Peace in the Kingdom of Heaven & may his memories lived in each and everyone of us forever.

uncle daniel passed away a few days back and his funeral is today with prayers last night.

some may question me why i dont attend the funeral service today. the reason is simple. i would always have a funeral for them in my heart. nothing can beat that. it doesnt matter where or when you are. as long as you remember them in your heart for the things that they have done, or said. it is enough. as it shows that the memories of them would lived with you forever. no one like to see friends or loved ones passing away. myself included. i hate seeing people that i know leaving me 1 by 1. but that is a way of life that i must accept. heartless you may say for not attending. a rite is a physical emboidentment of mourning. but the actual mourning, to me takes place in your mind and in your heart, where it would always be happening, day in day out.

no one lives forever except in our hearts and our minds' eye. they do. they really do. and when it is time to return home to our Lord. it is these memories that would preserved them with us and make it seem as if they have never left us and would be with us always and everywhere.