That was a beautiful tribute. The Ship Prayer is lovely. Thank you.
I have strong and very fond memories of my mum's funeral too. Its one of the ways she is still with me. Although it was a Catholic funeral we incorporated several family/Irish traditions that our local priest and undertaker wasn't familiar with making it more personal and special. Just as we were moving away from the graveside it began to rain heavily and one of my aunts said 'That's Ann telling us to get to the pub!'
Laughter is a great thing at funerals, I believe a proper Wake that truly celebrates the life that has moved on is important. I am glad you and your family were able to do that.
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Date: Friday, October 28th, 2005 01:50 pm (UTC)I have strong and very fond memories of my mum's funeral too. Its one of the ways she is still with me. Although it was a Catholic funeral we incorporated several family/Irish traditions that our local priest and undertaker wasn't familiar with making it more personal and special. Just as we were moving away from the graveside it began to rain heavily and one of my aunts said 'That's Ann telling us to get to the pub!'
Laughter is a great thing at funerals, I believe a proper Wake that truly celebrates the life that has moved on is important. I am glad you and your family were able to do that.
Take care x