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cbayer

(146,218 posts)

40. I am so sorry for your loss.

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2015, 05:45 AM

May 2015

It sounds like your father was a great guy and you are an exceptional daughter.

The thoughtfulness that you put into this post and the replies will carry you far and I feel certain that whatever you do, it will be just the right thing.

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It is with some trepidation I post here [View all] BainsBane May 2015 OP

A UU hymnal may be of some help. Laffy Kat May 2015 #1

Maybe the priest has some ideas. Or maybe your dad's old hippie friends do. struggle4progress May 2015 #2

kick... daleanime May 2015 #3

Sorry for the passing of your father, BB. Kind thoughts to you. misterhighwasted May 2015 #4

That's a nice one BainsBane May 2015 #7

My mother just informed me that Gibran is gauche BainsBane May 2015 #18

You could check out Marianne Williamson's Illuminata catrose May 2015 #5

Thanks, I will. nt BainsBane May 2015 #9

There are a lot of meaningful songs that generation sang, with various words struggle4progress May 2015 #6

We do have a musician BainsBane May 2015 #8

The funerals I've attended often begin dark and mournfully but end upbeat struggle4progress May 2015 #10

We're having it in the park, outside BainsBane May 2015 #11

May your memories be a blessing struggle4progress May 2015 #12

Thank you. BainsBane May 2015 #13

When Joyce died, we had no music and no poems and no prayers. Hoppy May 2015 #14

Wow. What a lovely idea. BainsBane May 2015 #15

Why have a "service" at all? Warren Stupidity May 2015 #16

For his friends and family BainsBane May 2015 #19

This is a nice older( sort of) hippie song. misterhighwasted May 2015 #17

I think John Prine was his favorite BainsBane May 2015 #20

Yes John Prine. misterhighwasted May 2015 #21

He was 74 BainsBane May 2015 #22

Yes I understand, my father's life ended for a similar reason misterhighwasted May 2015 #24

Thanks so much BainsBane May 2015 #25

"Johnny Got His Gun" was actually a 1938 novel about a badly wounded WWI soldier: struggle4progress May 2015 #26

Oh yes..I recall some history there with Trumbo. misterhighwasted May 2015 #34

Cool man, your dad. misterhighwasted May 2015 #23

The song is Pete Seeger's rewrite of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 struggle4progress May 2015 #27

It's from the Bible - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Iris May 2015 #39

When my dad passed away (at 92) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #28

So sorry for your loss. I spent hours on the Internet looking for applegrove May 2015 #29

Best to you. xfundy May 2015 #30

poetry that expresses deep emotions for those who we love and who just passed on. achsadu May 2015 #32

I went to a return to Earth day funeral yeoman6987 May 2015 #31

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

He told us he had no preference about burial or memorial service BainsBane May 2015 #36

Crossing The Bar - Tennyson (nt) malokvale77 May 2015 #35

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

I am so sorry for your loss. cbayer May 2015 #40

Thank you, cbayer BainsBane May 2015 #41

Sorry for your loss BainsBane, pinto May 2015 #42