Funeral today

[erilyn]

So tired. How we deal with grief in this family - spend a lot of time and energy cleaning the house and preparing lots of food for after the service.

It was a small and simple service, and the celebrant spoke very well. Rels came from all over the place - various parts of Sydney, northwestern NSW (about a 5 hour drive, oneway, for them), Canberra, even Launceston. Found out that one of dad's cousins was badly affected by the recent bushfires. While the house was ok, they lost several containers worth of posessions (they haven't fully finished building the place and moving in). And her husband wasn't with her today, was at another funeral. Crappy time for them.

Nice to catch up with some of the family, many of whom I wouldn't have known if I'd tripped over them in the street.]

Really should go to bed now. Guess the funeral was good for something - I cried for the first time since I was told she died. And did I have a tissue on me? Course not.

Comments

[tboy.livejournal.com]

Hugs Erilyn, hope you get some well deserved rest tonight.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I did get some, probably not as much as I needed, but it was totally self-inflicted.

Thanks :)

[indybrat.livejournal.com]

Big hugs to you Eri. You're in my thoughts.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks hon, I appreciate it :)

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I'm a little late, but add me to the group hug.

Hope you don't feel too bad.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm doing ok, but the hugs definitely help :)