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I got schooled on HONOUR

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  I got schooled on HONOUR. I thought I knew honour - how to give it, when to give it. Deep word. Deep word with little words to fully describe it. We buried our Tatalevu 2 days ago and this was the word that I received from all that was said about him. Honour. So full of honour. " the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right" We were strong and being funny when we took his body out from the morgue and to our home. But it was the moments just before they had to take him out of home to church, that really hits the spot. Where all the memories flood in on our last sight of him and we realize that we won't have moments with him anymore. We (the girl cousins) gathered around his casket and sobbed because we remember our childhood and realize being in the village was comforting because he was there. His presence was always comforting. Sharp and present and attentive, looking out for everyone, right up until his day. He knew where he was going and how he wanted to go ...