Saying goodbye!

I am not going to say too much about last nights choral Evensong. The choir sang beautifully.
It was a dreadful night of wind and rain..but there were a lot of people who had made the effort.
There was wine and a cake to cut at the end and a lot of people said a lot of lovely things..but I knew I’d made the right way out of my ministry, at the right time.
I reassured people that I wasn’t going to leave St Mawes.
I asked many of them to call on me ...they all know where I live...
There wasn’t a feeling of closure though...it didn’t feel as though I’d said goodbye.
Looking back on it all this morning it feels almost as though a new chapter opened...one where I was aged and even feeble...even though I’m not I don’t think. Not yet anyway.
People were very kind and said lovely things...
I shall miss them all but they did extract a promise from me that I may find hard to keep.
Going to church as a retired priest feels odd. I found it hard to sing the hymns last night...I don’t know why.
I suppose the feeling I’m left with is that it didn’t feel like closure .
There’s still work to do.
I hope I stay well enough to be able to do it....


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