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Today I Buried My Brother
Pastey Started conversation Nov 6, 2013
I shouldn't have to have done that. He was only 40, I'm 39. My parents held it together, just. Same with me. His daughter was in tears all the way through, his son lost it towards the end.
During the requiem mass it wasn't too hard, the coffin was in the middle and I was off to the side so I didn't have to see it unless I deliberately looked, which I tried not too. It seemed such a small coffin for such a big bloke.
The crematorium though was much harder, the coffin was right in front of us and very hard to miss.
At the mass there were close to a hundred people, at the crematorium there was over seventy. My brother was a very popular bloke. The church has not been that full for a long time, and isn't likely to be again.
And I'm still not ready to say goodbye.
Today I Buried My Brother
U14993989 Posted Nov 7, 2013
They say each day is a gift and someday that gift will be taken back. Maybe he lives on through his daughter, through his son, through the shared moments in others. Remembering with pride and happiness not sadness is maybe what we should aim for.
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Nov 7, 2013
I can only send comforting thoughts.
Wish I could do more.
MMF
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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE) Posted Nov 7, 2013
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myk Posted Nov 7, 2013
Sorry to hear this m8! 
One for your brother and one for you!
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