Last Saturday I was online
with sixty grieving friends who live around the world, and I realized that
this day, Holy Saturday, is where grieving people live. Grievers are Saturday people, my friend
Megan says.
For people who have recently lost a spouse, a child or a parent, they exist in this nether world between death and life for a year, unable to let go of one and unable to embrace the other. If they are Christians, they may not even be able to feel the joy of Easter Sunday this year.
