Thankyou all for your kind and comforting words. I like words.I've written the announcement for our local paper,it's long but lovely.The funeral director said that it made him smile when he read it.
I've found a wonderful poem/reading and my sister and I have chosen 2 hymns,one rousing to make the hairs stand up on your neck and one sweet and quiet.Similarly we've chosen two songs that dad loved.
When we cleared dad's house in 2012(to pay for care)my sister saved a smart grey suit for dad for his funeral.However he's lost so much weight that we questioned it.Then it came to us...Dad when he was well,was surgically attached to a green bodywarmer.He even took one on holiday to Turkey and wore it at the beach! So smart checked shirt,green bodywarmer and the ever present tweed cap in his hands...sorted.
It feels good to be busy,doing things for dad again.
I've found a wonderful poem/reading and my sister and I have chosen 2 hymns,one rousing to make the hairs stand up on your neck and one sweet and quiet.Similarly we've chosen two songs that dad loved.
When we cleared dad's house in 2012(to pay for care)my sister saved a smart grey suit for dad for his funeral.However he's lost so much weight that we questioned it.Then it came to us...Dad when he was well,was surgically attached to a green bodywarmer.He even took one on holiday to Turkey and wore it at the beach! So smart checked shirt,green bodywarmer and the ever present tweed cap in his hands...sorted.
It feels good to be busy,doing things for dad again.