Loose Strife

I’ve receive some requests for the photos from the slideshow that was playing during the funeral reception. Besides a couple extras, most of the photos were either from a collection of my digital photos of Laura from 2000 to the present or from PJ’s scanned photos of Laura that are mostly from her early years. […]

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The sun still sets in the west, it appears. In fact, these last few weeks are the spectacle that makes New England famous. The rose highlights on the clouds cast by the setting sun almost seem like a reflection of the maple trees and the burning bushes. Over a year ago, as a housewarming present, […]

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A couple odds and ends: If you have any digital photos of Laura that you’d like to share, please email them to me ASAP and I’ll include them in a slideshow at the reception. Old photos are welcome, too, if you happen to have scanned them. There will be a musical program at the funeral […]

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Yesterday it occurred to me that all of you out in the ether might enjoy contributing to a jointly written tribute to Laura. I’m not up to the whole task right now, but now is probably the best time to capitalize on everyone’s interest and attention. So, I created a page on a website that […]

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There will be a funeral service at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Shelburne Falls this Saturday morning at 10:30. (Update: music before the service will begin at about 10 o’clock.) A musical program will precede the service. A burial in Ashfield at the cemetery across from the preschool and reception will follow at our house. […]

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When I was sitting with Laura yesterday, I was playing this song in my head: “Oh it’s a long, long while from May ‘till December And the days grow short When you reach September. When the Autumn weather turns the leaves to flame One hasn’t got time For the waiting game. For the days dwindle […]

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Play this music. Tell me what you see in her eyes.

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This morning I had to break the news to my daughters. Naomi responded with textbook 3-year old comprehension about death. At one point when I explained that Laura’s body would be taken to the funeral home and later we would bury it in the ground, Naomi said, “but not her face.” “Yes, her face,” I […]

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Laura Kathleen Coleman Kulp, mother of two precious girls, wife, daughter, sister, and friend to so many far and near, died early this morning. She is, at last, free from pain and suffering. I miss her terribly. I’ll write more later. Much love.

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Thank you to so many of you who have commented here or emailed recently. It is humbling and comforting. Laura’s parents and all of her brothers and sisters, Heather, Elena, PJ and Justin, are here with us now. I truly cannot conceive of a worse fate than to lose your child and I ache for […]

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