Sorry for your loss BainsBane, (Reply #42)

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pinto (106,886 posts)

42. Sorry for your loss BainsBane,

I hope it all turns out to be just right as it is and that there is "an opportunity for us all to get together, share a meal, and spend time together." Take care. ~ pinto

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
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

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