Hospice of the Valleys honors the memory of loved ones at Love, Light & Remembrance event

Tim O’Leary

Special to the Village News

Many trails crisscross Temecula. One of those trails recently took your humble storyteller to the wine country for a yearly event that seeks to soften the sting of death and despair.

That outing – the sixth annual Love, Light & Remembrance Evening – drew about 90 people to Wilson Creek Winery. It marked my introduction to luminaries, an encounter that took place amid thoughts of loss and lamentation.

Others and I were fed and comforted, all at the same time, as we decorated and then lit plastic bags that marked the passing of friends or family members. H...