Eunice’s celebration of life

 Corbin and Neal played God Be With You Till We Meet Again for Eunice’s services. Euni’s sister, Pat, found Corbin after and told him she pointed to her phone over and over to play recording of I Am A Child of God.pat thanked Corbin for bringing peace to her sister at the end of her life. Corbin shared a few memories of Eunice with her and she cried and hugged him. He said later that it was heart warming to hear that their talent was touching for someone else. Way to go boys. 

We wore orange ties and I wore my bright orange dress. The urn Toni picked out for Eunice’s ashes reminded her of California green hills and ocean waves. Perfect. Nancy Did such a nice job on her flowers. I think she would have loved this. 

My younger kids sang I am a Child of God with other young people who were blessed to be loved by Euni. 

In his remarks, Eric Zebley described Eunice as someone who had “figured out the spice of life”. I really loved hearing this description of her and it’s very accurate. She loved and served well, and didn’t do things she didn’t want to do. If she was doing anything, it was in her way and it was with purpose.  

After the service we got our PDay call from Jamae, who leaves for Korea on Wednesday! Q had obtained a sewing kit from someone and was mending a bunch of clothes from the “free bin”. This girl. There are bins of clothes at the MTC that sisters toss clothes into that they’re sick of wearing by the time they head into the mission field. Quincy found a tunic dress that was way too short for missionary standards (even for her at 5’1”), so she cut it to be a flowy top. But after washing it, it didn’t roll like a cut t shirt. So she hand stitched an edge around the bottom while we caught up. I hadn’t mentioned the funeral or where we had been, but when she held it up she said, “look what I did! Thanks, Eunice!” 

Thanks Eunice indeed. 

She also stitched up a pocket seam tear. It was the best thing ever to see Quincy feeling well and joyful. She SO smiley. She said the last face time last weekend breathed life back into her. She definitely has that missionary glow, which we have not seen a whole lot of since she left. Really though she looked SO happy. She is ready for South Korea! 

It’s a lively experience to observe and mother these two while they are figuring out the spice of life. Saturday was a “they’re getting it” kind of day. Thanks, Eunice!