Attending A Wake With Cass

Today I brought Cass to attend the wake of our very close friend’s mother.  AY’s mother passed away two days ago from pneumonia. She had been battling cancer for 6 years, won the battle but succumbed to pneumonia.   At the wake, Cass kept nudging hubs and I to bring her to see aunty ‘sleeping’ in the casket.  Hubs and I were reluctant. Truth is, we did not have the balls to go face to face to say goodbye to her.  After badgering me persistently, I finally brought Cass into the house and walked her to the casket. I stood a few feet away from the casket but could still see aunty inside.   Cass was very brave.  Well, she has always been very brave since she was a baby with her frequent hospital trips and stays.  He followed AY to the coffin, tip-toed and gazed at aunty.     She was not a wee bit frightened but was nervous seeing someone inside a coffin for the first time in her life.

At the foot of the casket, I said my farewell to aunty with Cass next to me.  I told Cass that aunty has gone to be with Jesus in heaven.  I told Cass to say “goodbye and RIP aunty”.   Before we left the house, Cass and I bade our goodbyes to aunty again.  Later in the car, I asked how she felt seeing a departed lying inside a coffin for the first time and she nonchalantly told me “nothing.  Not scary and ugly also. Just like someone sleeping and she looked peaceful”.  I am glad Cass took it very positively.

I will always remember celebrating my very first mother’s day as a mother with aunty, AY,  his girlfriend and ‘captain’ (that’s how she called my hubs).  Hubs and AY are as close as brothers and he calls hubs captain – as in captain of the basketball team.  Alycia was only 6 months old then.   Though AY is a celebrity, he is nothing near arrogant but is a very down to earth and humble man.  I still have the picture of aunty  having dim sum with us on Mother’s Day at Sheraton Subang in May 2004.

To aunty, I wish you farewell.   You are now in a better place with Jesus forever.  Rest in peace aunty.  We shall miss you.

 

 

 

 

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Author: Shireen

I am a WFHM of 3 lovely girls - Alycia, Sherilyn and Cassandra. I am a health, fitness and clean freak. I am a freelance content writer and occasionally help out my other half in his food catering business. I also do product reviews and accept sponsored posts on my blogs. I hope you'll enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy sharing my day-to-day adventures and mostly boring ranting :P Welcome to my blog! :)

2 thoughts on “Attending A Wake With Cass”

  1. Cass again demonstrating such a sense of maturity. I feel it is good she can see and accept death as a part of life, and not have undue fear of it. Some of us have to learn that too!

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