My grandma was one of the most independent, strong women I've ever known and while she left us far too soon, I'm not sure if there could have been a better way for her time here to conclude. She was that same strong, vibrant woman up until the very end.

There is an idea, put into my head by a book I first read when I was young and have read many times since then. That idea is that we are all infinite. I know that her life has touched everyone here, but she reached far beyond this room. She is infinite in the lives she touched and created. In those lives, and in our own, she will continue to live on.

Socrates once said "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils."

So let us try our best not to dwell on the sadness of this loss in our lives, but celebrate the life this amazing woman lived and everything beautiful that she gave to us.

Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was "Did you bring joy?" The second was "did you find joy?" I believe that all of us could answer the first question for her, but I know her answer to both would be a resounding yes.