Family Affairs

FUNERAL SPEECH

I have been asked by several of my friends and family (well, one actually) to post the eulogy I wrote for my Grandmother’s funeral. Bit odd, but nevermind…it will be good to include it in my online diary. I wrote in a letter format, as if written by her. I start [...]

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"NOTHING IS PERMANENT"

Back now. Phew. Can start the year again. My soul is exhausted. My grandmother’s funeral went extremely well – it was a lovely service. My father got very emotional during his address, but I managed to keep it together. A lot of people I had never met, [...]

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OBITUARY

My Grandmothers obituary was in the paper yesterday. How compassionate are my children? It wasn’t until they read the bit that mentioned their names that they responded…”oh cool!! We’re in the paper! We’re actually in the paper! Wow”…and I was thinking “you’re slightly missing the point here”. My father wants me to [...]

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BIG SNOW STORMS HIT US AND CANADA

I have now deposited my incredibly old grandmother into the careful hands of my cousin and sent her on a plane into the biggest snow storms to hit the US and Canada for a long time. My cousin’s flight was the only one of two international flights that got out of Ottawa yesterday. [...]

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