You can never have enough...

[JanW]

I want to go direct from deathbed wherever that might be to crematorium- I have told my kids I want none of that drama stuff at a funeral home or chapel and if they dare to I will come back and haunt them - they have orders to have a BBQ at a remote beach where we used to camp - it will involve a fair bit of walking lugging chilly bins and a BBQ .We had a funeral for the old boy but it was Neil Diamond and Dave Dobbyn etc no hymns etc - we found a really good celebrant - my kids and grandkids were funny but sad - a couple of blokes who had worked for him had the people in stitches - the witch from the North told me it was more like a wedding reception than a funeral
Not sure if I have told the story of the evening of his funeral - the grown ups were all up in the top lounge - three of my grandkids were downstairs - 16 year old was using my iPad - an email came through from the funeral place that the funeral video had been uplifted - she asked if they could watch it - my Dad had given me a beautiful grandfather clock that didn’t chime - my husband had spent hours and hours trying to get it going and threatened many times after he failed again to take it to the dump he just wouldnt admit defeat and let me take it to get it fixed -my granddaughter was sending the video to the TV and the clock struck- she looked at me absolutely startled - I don’t believe in anything I can’t touch or feel - but it struck - she started the video - it struck again when the grandkids went up to speak on the video - then struck again as his coffin was carried out - it has never struck again