Do you know it is more costly to fly a body than a person?

Yesterday, I had some quiet moments with a woman that I just know. Our conversations turned to the death of her sister. Her sister went to China for a holiday and met with an accident. Their faith required burial and the family decided to bring her body back to the country for proper burial. Meanwhile, the other passengers of the bus that crashed, merely have the body cremated and brought back the urn for closure.

The lady told me of the hassles they had to go through. She said they were thankful that her sister had bought travel insurance at the last minute before her travel. Normally, her sister refused to spend the extra hundred bucks for the insurance but somehow, on that trip, she bought it. My new found friend told me if that she hadn’t, they wouldn’t be able to afford flying back her sister’s body to the country as it involves a lot of red tape and was triple the price of a normal ticket.

What I marvelled was how stoid and steady she was in losing her sister in that manner. Faith does a lot of wonders to people. I am glad to know her as she showed me what faith can do in times of grief.