It is I who feels cheated, not Christopher. He, I truly believe, is at a perfect peace. He has escaped all the sorrow, worry and fear we face in this world. He sailed away on a journey and into a place beyond our human eyes. When I remember that death is only the beginning of new life, my sadness becomes joy.
New life means beginnings, the old passes away, newness embraces our entire being.
New life after graduation or after death are both marvelous adventures. Both are the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. The pages that lay open before us are blank, never used before. They are clean, white and crisp and we choose what to write. I miss my son more than words can express.