Morning Sam and All, I've had a lot to catch up on on your thread!
I'm so sorry about your Dad's oldest friend, I would think his funeral will be very emotional for you but in some odd way helpful - does that make sense? I just remember an old, close family friend dying a week before my Dad did and I went to her funeral to represent my Mum, as well as wanting to show my respects to a lovely lady. It was emotional, but a very good "practise run" (hope I'm not offending anyone with this), in that it reminded me which pockets were best for tissues, to leave mints out in my pocket (for easy access to enable me to suck to halt the tears, as I'm an over-emotional idiot at funerals and can't keep a dignified front to save my life!) and not to have alcohol beforehand!
So good you got the Order of Service printed out and you've done so much with the house, but I'm glad you've seen a chance to ease back a little while it goes on to the market, to take a breather and think.
I'm finding lots of comfort in tracking down places that can re-use Mum's disability aids - ramps, commode etc and Dad's tools that nearly fill a room and that we've not been able to deal with for 9 whole years because Mum needed so much care. But I have been lucky that I've been able to take the time to do it slowly. I now need to get a wriggle on as we need to get the house on the market soon and I need to look for a (rented, oh dear) home for me and Little Cat who Adopted Mum and me last year.
That ^^ was a very long-winded way of saying Thank You Sam for being inspirational and getting me motivated by reading your wonderful, humorous posts, despite you having gone through such a traumatic time while coping with your Mum's death.
I do hope you, Toony and Slugsta (have a wonderful time away!), get to meet up and empty Toony's alco-hole, and Pooch settles once he realises that each time you go out - you come back to him.
I am depositing (((((hugs)))) for you and Pooch, hope they come in useful xxx
I'm so sorry about your Dad's oldest friend, I would think his funeral will be very emotional for you but in some odd way helpful - does that make sense? I just remember an old, close family friend dying a week before my Dad did and I went to her funeral to represent my Mum, as well as wanting to show my respects to a lovely lady. It was emotional, but a very good "practise run" (hope I'm not offending anyone with this), in that it reminded me which pockets were best for tissues, to leave mints out in my pocket (for easy access to enable me to suck to halt the tears, as I'm an over-emotional idiot at funerals and can't keep a dignified front to save my life!) and not to have alcohol beforehand!
So good you got the Order of Service printed out and you've done so much with the house, but I'm glad you've seen a chance to ease back a little while it goes on to the market, to take a breather and think.
I'm finding lots of comfort in tracking down places that can re-use Mum's disability aids - ramps, commode etc and Dad's tools that nearly fill a room and that we've not been able to deal with for 9 whole years because Mum needed so much care. But I have been lucky that I've been able to take the time to do it slowly. I now need to get a wriggle on as we need to get the house on the market soon and I need to look for a (rented, oh dear) home for me and Little Cat who Adopted Mum and me last year.
That ^^ was a very long-winded way of saying Thank You Sam for being inspirational and getting me motivated by reading your wonderful, humorous posts, despite you having gone through such a traumatic time while coping with your Mum's death.
I do hope you, Toony and Slugsta (have a wonderful time away!), get to meet up and empty Toony's alco-hole, and Pooch settles once he realises that each time you go out - you come back to him.
I am depositing (((((hugs)))) for you and Pooch, hope they come in useful xxx
