Reflections

I attended a beautiful vigil service today for a lady who had lived a 101 years. There were only a handful of us there... She was caling in on her way back home.
I was there, although I had never seen the woman in real life.
I had only seen her reflection in her children and grandchildren whom I do know. I had seen her in their strength, their humour and in their love.
So I mourn her loss, this woman that I never knew but will continue to know in those whose lives she touched.
As John Donne says Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.