tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post1940883653387931971..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: DimitriYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21951478305755102932012-07-06T21:33:27.842+01:002012-07-06T21:33:27.842+01:00JAN Perhaps one of your Abba songs could be "...JAN Perhaps one of your Abba songs could be "The Winner Takes it All". It is so disappointing when a stranger delivers a eulogy - someone who may not have even known the deceased. One of my proudest moments was when I delivered the eulogy at my mother's funeral. I did it for her, not for me and I believe I did her proud.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45059738802798392012012-07-06T19:38:28.733+01:002012-07-06T19:38:28.733+01:00I was at a memorial yesterday for one of my few su...I was at a memorial yesterday for one of my few surviving aunts. One aunt remains before I'm the matriarch of my family. The services yesterday prompted me to decide I'm going to write my own eulogy. My aunt's was written by her grandchildren, who didn't really have a clue what her life was like. Mine will be read by a civilian instead of a clergyman, to avoid the religious advertisements they throw in. I'm also going to do my own slide show to be sure it includes most of the people who might actually see it and to make sure there are no pictures of me when I had a big butt. The music will mostly be ABBA, but will end with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans' version of Happy Trails. As you see, I have also been thinking about the consequences of death, and these are the things I've decided are important.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39991847658881062062012-07-06T12:01:17.118+01:002012-07-06T12:01:17.118+01:00JENNY Trouble is, how do you make the most of each...JENNY Trouble is, how do you make the most of each day when it's always bloody raining?<br />MUMASU Thanks for dropping by and leaving a thoughtful comment but with regard to grabbing each moment see what I said to Jenny above.<br />EARL GRAY It certainly seems that way. When you're younfg the idea of Death is faraway and very abstract.<br />ARCTIC FOX When the day of Fred's funeral arrives you could get your own back by having "The Birdy Song" piped through the sound system.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22699632835692548532012-07-06T10:39:08.126+01:002012-07-06T10:39:08.126+01:00sad times indeed, and this weather really does not...sad times indeed, and this weather really does not help matters.... Fred, my mum's significant other half, says "if it's raining I want a burial and if it's red hot and sunny I want cremating" just to make us poor buggers suffer!ArcticFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406779213296821110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64865309004981961332012-07-05T21:58:30.620+01:002012-07-05T21:58:30.620+01:00all of us are getting to that age YP where friends...all of us are getting to that age YP where friends are leaving us, albeit way too early.... v sad me old sonJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21774233888122390742012-07-05T08:00:22.407+01:002012-07-05T08:00:22.407+01:00How right your brother is and when things are a bi...How right your brother is and when things are a bit difficult it is hard to remember to grab each moment. Those sunflowers are beautiful and the sunset last night was amazing and as I looked at it I remembered this.mumasuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063599072799536913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91671542459278622002012-07-05T07:51:58.098+01:002012-07-05T07:51:58.098+01:00It's a salutory reminder that we should make t...It's a salutory reminder that we should make the most of our time. I have noticed that, as one gets older, time seems to hurtle by so much more quickly. Sad news about someone so young.Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.com