By Susan Sanders, Holy Cross, Sullivan’s Island, SC

Frank and I attended the joint funeral of Tywanza Sanders and Susie Jackson on Saturday.  We arrived at 1:00 p.m. assuming we had lots of time, since the funeral started at 2:00.  Already the line was long and we were being told we probably wouldn't get in, and we could head on over to Second Presbyterian where they had a satellite feed.  

We decided to wait anyway - there was such a feeling of community.  Standing in line we had conversations with those around us - learned about their stories - life stories, relationship stories. And the longer we stood there, the more we felt we had known each other for longer than an hour.  A storm moved in just as the earlier funeral was ending - torrents of rain and thunder and lightning.  I had an umbrella - not a very large one - but six of us huddled together - mostly getting wet, but feeling the closeness and not wanting to release our hold on one another.

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