A Sense of Belonging

On August 18, 2006 I attended the wake and funeral of my nephew who had died in a small plane crash in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  He was in his final hours of receiving his Pilot's license when he was involved in a two plane mid air collission.  Why and How are questions still being asked.  Three people died in the mishap - 2 people in his plane including him and the Pilot of the other plane.

He was in Baltimore with us two weeks prior to his untimely death.  He was 26 married with a five month old baby.

We drove to Brampton the day of the wake and attended what I consider to be a moving and heart-wrenching hours of prayers and eulogies.  His only younger brother spoke for about ten minutes about his brothers attitude towards life, family and friends.  If his philosophy of life had to be summarised in a sentence or less it would be - a sense of belonging.  Anyone who met him felt that you belonged in his life and he belonged in your life - a sentiment repeated by many friends in the audience.

His parents talked about an event in their life that reflected the maturity of the young man even when he was younger.  His parents moved from Kuwait to Toronto few years back and sent the two boys home to India to wait for the proper time to bring them to Canada.  The boys had the habit of writing letters to the parents while they were in India and the final letter from him befor joining the parents in Canada had only one sentence in it and it read:

Dear Mummy and Daddy,
Please read St. John 3:13-14

The verse in the KJV Bible read as : " I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
      Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name."

Now you may wonder what this has to do with a sense of belonging.  My nephew defined the "sense of belonging."  I have for the first time become a member of the RealTown bloggers group, and though this is my first blog, I feel I belong here - either as an avid reader or an occassional blogger. 

12:35 PM - Aug. 22, 2006 - comments {5} - post comment
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re: A Sense of Belonging

This is wonderful Chacha! I'm so happy you're doing this because although I don't see you every day, I can hear your voice in my head as I read. I love you!
-gina- =o)

Anonymous - 5:44 PM - Aug. 22, 2006

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Yay!!! My Chacha has joined the world of blogging. :) Now you should set a date & time to update consistently.

Anonymous - 4:36 AM - Aug. 23, 2006

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A great beginning Chacha, blogs are a good way to express your thoughts and feelings. Eager to read more over time. Love, Jamie

Anonymous - 4:57 AM - Aug. 23, 2006

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I just stumbled on your blog and found it entertaining, but especially like your first post here.  Welcome to RealTown and to blogging.  You will either love it or hate it! Bonnie

Bonnie Erickson - 1:42 PM - Sep. 6, 2006

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Welcome to the RealTownBlogs Community, Abraham. We're glad you are here. You belong. Touching piece about your nephew. Please keep posting.  John

John Reilly - 10:06 AM - Sep. 13, 2006

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