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xansToday was the funeral for Alan's mother-in-law. She passed away 27/12/10. She had been in the hospital for the last couple months, but had been ill for sometime before that, although no one quite realised it. Back in August her boyfriend Cyril had passed away, and many had thought it was grief/missing him that had brought a change in her, not an illness. But she was 83, so it wasn't entirely unexpected.
She was a lovely old lady, very energetic and quite self-less. She was Al's mum's best friend, Mary is feeling quite lost at the moment. She has never really struck up any friendships with any of the other people at her rest home, and given the turnover rate of rest homes it can be quite hard to strike up a friendship that you have no idea how long will last. She will be coming to stay with us for a week next week, I plan to introduce her to Terry Goodkind so she can figure out just how utterly terrible that show Legend of the Seeker is compared to the source material.
The funeral is the first time I've seen Alan cry. He didn't expect to, I think he thought he had prepared himself for this eventuality but the funeral just kind of hit him hard. His son Jon was one of the pall-bearers and spoke up at the funeral, telling a couple stories about his nana. It really hit home with everyone because many of them had stories of getting chased down by this little old lady at some point. She was little but she was fast and determined.
They had Dianna's ashes sitting on her casket, so even though she passed 10 years ago, she was at her mother's funeral too. When it came time to carry Gladys out, Jon handed Dianna's ashes to Joe and they carried her out... but then they sent Dianna's ashes with her to the crematoriam. The idea was that they would mix some of Gladys's ashes with Diana's, and Diana's ashes with Gladys's, so Jon and Joe could have a piece of the grandmother along with their mother, and their aunts and uncles could have a piece of their sister along with their mother.
The other sweet little miracle though, was that Gladys's newest great-granddaughter was due to be born on the 5th of January. Her son-in-law Jeff got a call about an hour or after she passed that his granddaughter Lilith had been born. One life ended and shortly after another began. Coincidence? I think not.
Fin.
She was a lovely old lady, very energetic and quite self-less. She was Al's mum's best friend, Mary is feeling quite lost at the moment. She has never really struck up any friendships with any of the other people at her rest home, and given the turnover rate of rest homes it can be quite hard to strike up a friendship that you have no idea how long will last. She will be coming to stay with us for a week next week, I plan to introduce her to Terry Goodkind so she can figure out just how utterly terrible that show Legend of the Seeker is compared to the source material.
The funeral is the first time I've seen Alan cry. He didn't expect to, I think he thought he had prepared himself for this eventuality but the funeral just kind of hit him hard. His son Jon was one of the pall-bearers and spoke up at the funeral, telling a couple stories about his nana. It really hit home with everyone because many of them had stories of getting chased down by this little old lady at some point. She was little but she was fast and determined.
They had Dianna's ashes sitting on her casket, so even though she passed 10 years ago, she was at her mother's funeral too. When it came time to carry Gladys out, Jon handed Dianna's ashes to Joe and they carried her out... but then they sent Dianna's ashes with her to the crematoriam. The idea was that they would mix some of Gladys's ashes with Diana's, and Diana's ashes with Gladys's, so Jon and Joe could have a piece of the grandmother along with their mother, and their aunts and uncles could have a piece of their sister along with their mother.
The other sweet little miracle though, was that Gladys's newest great-granddaughter was due to be born on the 5th of January. Her son-in-law Jeff got a call about an hour or after she passed that his granddaughter Lilith had been born. One life ended and shortly after another began. Coincidence? I think not.
Fin.
