Welcome to musing interruptus. Thank you for clicking, thank you for listening. Today it is a celebration of life after death. The afterlife on Earth… It’s just a party, but parties are fundamental celebrations of milestones, and today, it’s not just for the living.

Saying goodbye can be sad. Some stories will haunt you, even if they are not your own. A friend that held her husband’s hand in his final hours, the words she whispered. The woman that took care of her ailing husband after a lifetime that had led them down separate paths. The children who sat vigil of their father’s final hours. The parents who survived a child. The grandchildren who learn about the soul-searing loss on a Sunday morning from a parent. Most of the stories are love stories. That is the ingredient which gives saying goodbye a big dose of hurt. Ego and attachment a ...