Tuesday, January 09, 2007

It has all been very surreal these past few days.
No one can have prepared me for the weirdness of it all.
The doctor, the funeral director,the florist and the vicar..all have come and gone but are still very much there to be dealt with.
So much to think about and organise in a short space of time.I am so lucky not to be an only child in that respect.

Thank you to all those who have mailed me their condolenses or sent cards, all are gracefully received and well thought of.
Sorry if I haven't replied to you all but I really am trying to keep busy with everything right now...yes even working from home to fill in the gaps.
I am to write a 3 minute speech for the funeral....if I cannot hold it together on the day,my brother or the vicar has offered to read it out.

But how serious and how funny can you be at such times. I will get it vetted by my sister and brother before I finalise it...could be tricky methinks :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Chaz,

Jac here, Elmer's wife! Elmer told me about the sad passing of your Dad and have just been reading your blog. Please accept my condolences to you and your family at this very sad time. It's almost 2 years to the day that my Dad went to a better place after a long illness but I can still remember how we all felt at the time. It's good your sister is there to help you through it all, together you will cope even though it might not seem that way at the moment. I think it's great that you're writing a speech and think you should say exactly what YOU want to say! One of the things I regret most was not managing to do that although I did write him a letter to put in the casket. He was your Dad and only you can decide what you want to put in that speech and I'm sure that come the day you'll carry it all off just fine!

Anyway, keep up the good work with the weight loss (although that is probably not uppermost in your mind right now) and hope everything goes OK for you all.
Jac