It is said that life is not a dress rehearsal, but I've become convinced it may very well be the raw footage of a story yet told. The lead up to a highlight reel.
And like the actor who never views his own work, we do not see the final cut. ..at least not in a theatre this side of Heaven.
I keep thinking about my grandfather. .. his funeral specifically. An entire life concentrated within the walls of that old Nazarene sanctuary for 2 hours and a day. Sons and daughter told their tales, some bickering afterwards about the tellings.