R.I.P. Dear Brother.
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My condolences Christine.
Those trees and scrubs he planted at the Hospital such a nice reminder of your brother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoftu1APGc
R.I.P.
Those trees and scrubs he planted at the Hospital such a nice reminder of your brother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoftu1APGc
R.I.P.
Every comment has been a welcome thought, even the music vid and JVC Floyd prompting me to think that I should have given Lee a 'wake up, bruv' kinda (respectful) slap, a telling off or something............anything, more than I did. I'm continuing with my 'what if's' , 'maybe if I'd done...' and so on but nothing changes except the memories have become so much more important than I'd ever realised in the past. Searching my mind for all those long forgotten memories stirs up all manner of emotions but every one of them now has a value like I'd never have imagined.Brutus442 said:
It wasn't too long ago that I thought he was going to curl his toes up so I made a memorial type of video about him with a slide show of pics of his life and the sound track I used was He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by The Hollies:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=geDIAkycLYI
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Nickeccles
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Hope you are bearing up ok Christine? Was difficult know what to say on the phone! Am glad we had a good talk - this year hasn't been kind to some of us & keeping going is tough at times.......
We will catch up again soon sweet x
We will catch up again soon sweet x
Thanks again for the kind words and thoughts. There's a bit of a lull in arrangements at the moment so planning anything is intermittent at best as so many agencies need to be involved and all in a particular sequence. It may turn out to be a little complicated but we'll get there.
Another brother (Mr Nice Guy) was relating to me a conversation he'd had with my sister regarding Lee's funeral arrangements and the 'tidying of affairs' that went something along the lines of: "We need to get this sorted out so we've got it right - we don't want to go through all this again with Christine......". So, there you have it: It's either a foregone conclusion that I'm next or I got the short straw!
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Another brother (Mr Nice Guy) was relating to me a conversation he'd had with my sister regarding Lee's funeral arrangements and the 'tidying of affairs' that went something along the lines of: "We need to get this sorted out so we've got it right - we don't want to go through all this again with Christine......". So, there you have it: It's either a foregone conclusion that I'm next or I got the short straw!
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Many thanks, that's the plan. No churchy stuff or formal funeral service thingies, just a dozen or so of us at the graveside for the burial with one allowance - Lee had some sort of 'born again religious thing' going on so we've agreed to let a vicar kinda chap turn up briefly to say a few words but he'll not be hanging around too long. Any arrangements will be kept simple, I have no wish for a parasitic chancer of a funeral director giving me the "The more £1000's you spend, the more you care" line just to milk the family for all the money he can (when's the last time you saw a funeral director ride a bike to work, huh?). The funeral will be about a decent burial, while respecting Lee's wishes, with those who loved and cared for him in attendance.Hajidub said:
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Thanks to all for your kind words.
My brother was buried last week with about 15 of his nearest and dearest in attendance. Tears flowed freely, sadness permeated the air and he's now at peace although there's still more than a little rawness in my head about Lee's death that time may help with the healing process. I was looking at CD's on eBay a couple of days ago and saw Elvis in the listings, I was crying before I realised what was happening - Lee was a big Elvis fan and I remember buying him some Elvis records nearly 50 years ago.
Life moves on but Lee will always be with me in the warmer parts of my mind.
There's no need for any reply, Folks 'cos I think you've already been so kind with your words so I thank every one of you from my heart.
My brother was buried last week with about 15 of his nearest and dearest in attendance. Tears flowed freely, sadness permeated the air and he's now at peace although there's still more than a little rawness in my head about Lee's death that time may help with the healing process. I was looking at CD's on eBay a couple of days ago and saw Elvis in the listings, I was crying before I realised what was happening - Lee was a big Elvis fan and I remember buying him some Elvis records nearly 50 years ago.
Life moves on but Lee will always be with me in the warmer parts of my mind.
There's no need for any reply, Folks 'cos I think you've already been so kind with your words so I thank every one of you from my heart.
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