What an amazing day! It was beautiful, albeit a little warmer than I had expected, but the service was just a wonderful thing!
It went exactly as planned, and I was so touched by things that I didn't know would impact me the way they did.
As I looked out into the seats as I spoke my tribute to my Father, I saw faces, both familiar and not, sometimes smiling, sometimes crying, but most of all, united in a celebration of a man who proved that life is worth living, no matter what.
I will admit it, the bagpiper hit me harder than I ever thought possible. But it was so wonderfully beautiful. She later came up to me and gave me her condolences, and told me what an honor it was to play. What a blessing, and what a wonderful sentiment.
Mom struggled when I got her there in the morning, but as people started to arrive, and she calmed down enough to look around at the memory tables, she ended up being able to say hello to everyone. All in all, she was happy and proud of the service I put together.
I can't thank everyone enough for attending, and I hope each and every person there had as good a time as possible for a memorial service, because Dad loved a party, and this would have been no exception!
One more thank you to everyone, for your love, support, donations, cards, hugs, sentiments, emails, phone calls and more. To be surrounded by such wonderful people is a blessing beyond dreams.
Much love!
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