This memorial service is for anyone who would like to participate.

This service was one of the most moving and wonderful uplifting services that I have ever conducted or attended.

It depicts how a person is in a cocoon state like the butterfly during his or her time of grieving, and after a length of time that is necessary for that person's grief, they come out of the grieving time a new and different person. Death causes life as it was before with the individual to completely end, and the survivor must decide to find a new normal or a new beginning or a new state.

This memorial is more than a remembrance, it's also a reminder that women in the military's service to America is not new and should never again be allowed to go unrecognized. We don't allow women in service as a social favor; we do not train women in the name of a noble social experiment. Today, women in uniform are part of the national security of the United States, and this isn't a modern nicety, it's a military necessity. . . . Our military wouldn't be what it is today without women.

If we were to follow the format of Edith's memorial service, we would be here until next Wednesday,

Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.