Lightning Crashes

Two years ago, I experienced one of the most emotionally and spiritually violent, and grace filled days of my life. A day full of human moments where reality outweighs any script written for screen or stage.

I lost a hero that day, and gained another. I lost my king, but gained a queen.

You never expect days like that, and you surely can't prepare for them.

Words fail...

Absolve, Domine,

animas omnium fidelium defunctorum

ab omni vinculo delictorum

et gratia tua illis succurente

mereantur evadere iudicium ultionis,

et lucis æternae beatitudine perfrui.

Forgive, O Lord,

the souls of all the faithful departed

from all the chains of their sins

and by the aid to them of your grace

may they deserve to avoid the judgment of revenge,

and enjoy the blessedness of everlasting light.

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