I haven't cried much since my parents died in 2012. You realize there's not much point. It's rather like praying for somebody with a terminal illness. Gosh how I prayed that God would make my dear mother recover from dying in the hospital. But even God can't answer some prayers. Two days before she died she just waved goodbye and I knew the end was near. Two days later she was sat in Heaven talking to her parents and we had lost a mother and grandmother.
The day of the funeral came and the vicar let me write a Eulogy which she read out and said they would play the music: hymns and songs of our request. Just before the (five minutes) service stated the vicar said:
"Did you bring the tape David?"
I was dumb struck. I presumed that the church would provide the music. It was too late.
Not to worry. Less than 12 months later my father passed away. If you like euphemisms? This time the vicar ensured that he had the right music prepared. Again the hymns were sung and Eva Cassidy's (she died herself aged 33) voice sung this tune while we carried my father's coffin out of the church to his final resting place also next to the sea.
Here's the song that she sang and breaks my heart. What song makes you cry?
The day of the funeral came and the vicar let me write a Eulogy which she read out and said they would play the music: hymns and songs of our request. Just before the (five minutes) service stated the vicar said:
"Did you bring the tape David?"
I was dumb struck. I presumed that the church would provide the music. It was too late.
Not to worry. Less than 12 months later my father passed away. If you like euphemisms? This time the vicar ensured that he had the right music prepared. Again the hymns were sung and Eva Cassidy's (she died herself aged 33) voice sung this tune while we carried my father's coffin out of the church to his final resting place also next to the sea.
Here's the song that she sang and breaks my heart. What song makes you cry?
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