I attended a wake for my Grandma who passed away yesterday. After I got off work, I threw on a dark suit really quickly and picked my wife up at her office. Her house is 1 hour and a half away from my office and it was about 8 o'clock in the evening by the time I got there.
The Buddhist sutra had already finished. Many mourners were sitting around her body and chatting about her. In life, she was a great person. She married into the buddhist family when she was only 18. She had played an important background role at the buddhist temple for 70 years!
I was happy to hear many stories when she was young from her neighbors. I heard about myself. The neighbors of the temple knew about my childhood. They know what I don't remember. I seemed to be a child full of mischief.
(Vocabulary)
wake お通夜
Buddhist sutra 経典、お経
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