Maris will be reborn some day. Sooner or later.
He may come back as male or female. He may come back as my child again...or my parent...or my sibling...or my friend...or my neighbor...or my teacher....anyone.
He may come back in shackles again.
This is enough to make me more aware. Every person with whom I might interact from now on might be maris reborn.
If he is again shackled in some way, the shackles will be an opportunity to offer him total love and total compassion.
I may not recognize Maris in his new form. He may not even be reborn again during my lifetime. It does not matter. I will continue to see and honor Maris in everyone I meet, just as La Befana saw and honored the Chnist Child in everyone she met.
Maris Michael Butta, 1987-2009
MARIS MICHAEL BUTTA
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.
2 comments:
This is a very interesting entry. I've given a lot of thought to his rebirth as a different person. Only a month after Maris passed, I found out I was expecting my baby. I chose the name Phoenix because of it's meaning. To me it represents rebirth, a new beginning, one door closing and another opening. Rising from our ashes (failures, pain, sadness, whatever it may be) and starting over wiser. It truly suits every aspect of my life right now. With Marisa, it's a small tribute to Maris, and similar to my sisters name, Marina. I think of the way Maris was. A person who was honest, good-willed, sincere, and intelligent left this world, and my baby is now entering it. I can only hope that these bits of Maris continue to live thru Phoenix, because life is much more beautiful when angels are accompanying us.
Maris Butta told me he did not want to reincarnate on this earth for a long time. Preferably in a few centuries.
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