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In reply to the discussion: It is with some trepidation I post here [View all]misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)23. Cool man, your dad.
John Prine . A great lyricist.
Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger / And old rivers grow wilder every day / Old people just grow lonesome / Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
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Maybe the priest has some ideas. Or maybe your dad's old hippie friends do.
struggle4progress
May 2015
#2
There are a lot of meaningful songs that generation sang, with various words
struggle4progress
May 2015
#6
The funerals I've attended often begin dark and mournfully but end upbeat
struggle4progress
May 2015
#10
"Johnny Got His Gun" was actually a 1938 novel about a badly wounded WWI soldier:
struggle4progress
May 2015
#26
poetry that expresses deep emotions for those who we love and who just passed on.
achsadu
May 2015
#32
Sorry BB. I wrote a short story which had a theme. I'll DUmail it to you if you want. It's my view.
freshwest
May 2015
#33
Any particular literature or poetry, or even ideas he might have liked?
AtheistCrusader
May 2015
#37
I would imagine an Episcopal priest would end the service with The Lord's Prayer.
NaturalHigh
May 2015
#38