First Funeral Singing Assignment

I can only remember the last funeral service that I've been to and it was at my grandpa's funeral when I was seven years old. Today, I was invited by a family who I sang for at a wedding in June. This invitation was because a friend who went to Cal with me suggested to her family that I sing again at the service/mass. I was excited but more honored to be part of special and private event.

I used to associate funerals with the words of death, sorrow, and pain. However, as I grew older and somewhat understood the meaning of death, I've come to a realization that life is a story, and the person writing the story is the author. The author controls how the story begins, ends, and everything in between.

I believe that death is not the end as it continues in the life afterward with our heavenly Father.
Through this singing experience, I was able to self reflect on my own life. I have many goals and have always set goals for myself. I've never been perfect as I have faltered and continue to be tested with temptations. Life is too short to be occupying myself with artificial things and drama. Though life is a rocky one, I do have a vision in which it is to use my talents, time, and gifts God has given to me to share with others to the best of my ability.

It is important to grieve, but it's also important to celebrate the life in which a person had lived. Each of us has a different story to tell, a biography that distinguishes us from the other, and it's what you write that gets told at the funeral service. Thus, the most important question to ask oneself is "How do I want to be remembered?"