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Condensed Reflection
by James Z. Carpio
In a movie, a son went home to his hometown when he heard the news that his father passed away.
His father lived far and away in a distant country. Subsequently, when the son went to the chapel, he just saw the casket and no one else was there.
It was late afternoon, and he sat there in the front pew and was lost in his thoughts. He felt, deeply, sorry for his father. The chapel was silent. And, it was cold.
Then, after three hours of more deafening silence, a lady came in and sat beside him. He smiled at her and she smiled back.
It was his childhood best friend.
On the funeral day, she attended the burial rites. It was just the two of them. Again, everything was so silent. Solitude and solemnity. Souls trying to speak, but not with words, but with mere presence.
At the end, she whispered to him, "nobody should bury their father alone".
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