THE CHALLENGE OF A FUTURE WITHOUT Mr 3Dogs ..... but friends will make it possible

3Dogs

:A Aesop :A

3Dogs

Off to sleep for me now if I am to get up for that 9am hair appointment :eek:

Night Night all - sleep well

MatyMoo

Thinking of you today 3Dogs

Toto

Thinking of you today too x

3Dogs

Well, that's Mam's funeral out of the way The service went very well and my reading of the verse, which I actually enjoyed doing, was complimented on. Everyone thought that the service reflected Mam to a T so we were happy, and everyone was singing 'She'll be coming round the mountain' as we left :rotfl: 3 carers/nurses came from the care home, plus some childhood friends of me and my sister, and most of our cousins on Dad's side from Newcastle, St Albans, Northampton, Stirling, and one from Gibraltar. I am the youngest of these cousins at 59, the eldest being 80, and that's the couple who drove from Stirling and back to be at the service. Mam was the last of a generation to them all, so it was even more poignant for us all Mam only had one step-sister-in-law left on her side, and we couldn't contact her so assume she was away. Still, enough there to give her a good send off she deserved :beer:

We had a good natter over tea/coffee/drink and buffet back at my sister's house before they all went their separate ways. It is a shame that we only see each other at times like this, but was great to catch up with everyone, and I have been invited to visit a couple of them for a break

After my niece and family, and my brother, left around 5.30pm, we have just relaxed, as it was a stressful day

Tomorrow, my sister and I are going to collect the beautiful floral displays from the crem and take them over to our local cemetery to put on Grandad/Dad's grave, where Mam's ashes will be interred on Monday 29th April. That plot will then contain the remains of my Grandma who I never knew as she died in 1934, and my Granda who died when I was only 7, plus the ashes of three of their 9 children, being 2 of my uncles and my Dad, and finally my Mam. I was coming up anyway for my sister going on holiday on 1st May so we organised it for this date to fit in with that, and I will travel up on Sunday 28th

God Bless :A

kerri_gt

Glad today went as well as these things can 3Dogs. Its not the qty of the people there that counts , although i'm sure I don't need to tell anyone on here that. Wow, that sounds one busy plot - but lovely that so many of the family are together (well not lovely as such but...oh I'm sure you know what I mean)

Big hugs xxx

taxi73

what Kerri says x

Aesop

Sounds like the service was beautiful and perfect for Mam

So pleased you saw all your cousins again although under such sad circumstances. Hope you take them up on their offers of somewhere to visit and stay.

sounds lovely all the family being interred in the same graveyard.

Hugs to you all 3Dogs xxxxx

3Dogs

kerri_gt wrote: »

Glad today went as well as these things can 3Dogs. Its not the qty of the people there that counts , although i'm sure I don't need to tell anyone on here that. Wow, that sounds one busy plot - but lovely that so many of the family are together (well not lovely as such but...oh I'm sure you know what I mean)

Big hugs xxx

Yes I do petal :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: but only 2 burials and the others are ashes interred so not as bad as it sounds. There is just room for Mam's name at the bottom of the headstone ............ but I did tell her that we would have to trim the miniature rose bush back to get her name on there

Off to sleep now if I can, though I don't feel sleepy tonight. My sister and BiL went to bed at 9pm and fell straight asleep (I can hear BiL snoring even now) but I feel quite awake

Night Night everyone ................... and thank you all :A

boultdj

Glad the funerel went as well as such things can, Know what you mean about seeing relation's,it wedding's and funerel's with us, and there only 6 of us cousins not married.
Hope you managed to get some sleep.