Last update from England

[janedavitt]

We fly out tomorrow morning and should get back to the girls (missing them so much) around 7.00 at night

Comments

[yasminke]

Sounds like a lovely ceremony, Jane. Glad you could be there with your family.

[janedavitt]

Thank you! It was very moving if, like the whole week, a bit surreal.

[curiouswombat]

That is it exactly - that feeling of surrealism - my father dies when he was a few years younger than I am now, and yet I still remember that feeling.

It does sound like a very good farewell to a very good man, though.

I can just imagine you all trying to avoid Granny Ward - and it is the sort of tale that will stay with you and make you smile when you look back, even if she is a very nasty piece of work.

The thing that always sticks with me about such funerals in our family is the way we always end up laughing and smiling as we reminisce - I hope you can all do this around your bonfire tonight.

[janedavitt]

I sit in the front room and keep expecting him to pop his head around the door and ask if anyone wants a cup of tea.

Heh, it was a nice bit of comic relief with GW even if it's sad that she didn't know her eldest son was dead and may not know for ages unless one of the small children lets it slip...

Yes, lots of laughter all week as we told stories about Dad.

[yasminke]

Just make sure you take care of yourself, too.