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Post by thebigragu on Mar 6, 2015 16:39:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I am currently editing the eulogy now. It's pretty good but it's a bit too long so I am editing it now. I was asked to make it around 5-8 minutes long and I am closer to 8 but I would prefer to be closer to 5. Sorry buddy. Shorter is always better it's hard not to get choked up while sleaking and the memories just start flooding in. |
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Post by crossfire on Mar 6, 2015 23:48:08 GMT -5
I finished writing the eulogy today and I think it came out great. I rehearsed it quite a few times and it sound good out loud too.
Went to the wake in Connecticut tonight and have to be at the funeral home at 9:30 because I am a pallbearer.
Hoping I can just get through the eulogy without losing it.
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Post by Brady's a catcher on Mar 9, 2015 13:41:18 GMT -5
By the way, I am torn on whether you make any comments directly to his sons. It may be too emotional for them in public, and you can always tell them in private anything they need to hear. first, thanks for the kind words everyone. Now is not the time to get into this and I may never here but I did tell the story one of our fake interwebz friends here. Let me just say this for now. As insane, cruel and disgusting as it sounds, he had to battle for time to see his kids over this last year and had encountered situations that would have tested the patience of a saint. Damn, sorry for your loss man. Are you saying that his ex fought him while he was battling his illness over seeing his kids? |
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Post by crossfire on Mar 15, 2015 8:52:48 GMT -5
Yes, that's exactly what I am saying.
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Post by Bing© in Buffalo Chairman on Mar 15, 2015 9:04:56 GMT -5
Yes, that's exactly what I am saying. Is the Funeral today? Or was he already laid to rest? |
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Post by Slackjaw on Mar 15, 2015 10:28:13 GMT -5
I am very sorry for your loss.
I always speak about what the deceased enjoyed, shared a few anecdotes or stories about the him and thanked him for being part of our collective lives.
Hope this helped
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Post by crossfire on Mar 15, 2015 11:04:27 GMT -5
The wake was last Friday and the funeral was Saturday. I gave the eulogy for the most part, I was asked to make it between 5-8 minutes long. I hel it together through most of it. Near the end, as I spoke about his kids, i lost it a bit and then again when I spoke about his brave fight with cancer.
Then when I sat down afterward, I cried like a little bitch. lol
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Post by crossfire on Mar 15, 2015 11:10:53 GMT -5
And by the way, I appreciate all of the kind words and advice.
Some day in the future, I will probably tell the story about how fucking horrible he was treated by his wife and in-laws after he found out about his illness. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy the way they treated him. Time with his kids wasn't just stolen from him but also time with him was stolen from them. I don't know how the fuck anybody could do that.
And note... I didn't say ex-wife.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 12:02:18 GMT -5
And by the way, I appreciate all of the kind words and advice. Some day in the future, I will probably tell the story about how fucking horrible he was treated by his wife and in-laws after he found out about his illness. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy the way they treated him. Time with his kids wasn't just stolen from him but also time with him was stolen from them. I don't know how the fuck anybody could do that. And note... I didn't say ex-wife. just curious (not knowing the full situation) did the wife and family attend the funeral? |
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Post by Big L on Mar 15, 2015 13:03:49 GMT -5
And by the way, I appreciate all of the kind words and advice. Some day in the future, I will probably tell the story about how fucking horrible he was treated by his wife and in-laws after he found out about his illness. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy the way they treated him. Time with his kids wasn't just stolen from him but also time with him was stolen from them. I don't know how the fuck anybody could do that. And note... I didn't say ex-wife. just curious (not knowing the full situation) did the wife and family attend the funeral? Additionally curious, was your friend wealthy? Did his "wife" stand to gain a lot by staying married to him? |
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Post by crossfire on Mar 15, 2015 13:46:07 GMT -5
She brought the kids to the wake as soon as it started and left in less than 10 minutes. She dod mot come to the funeral.
And no, he was not wealthy. They were in thr process of divorcing when he died. But he gave power of attorney to his parents.
The marrisge was good when he got sick but she had a meltdown. And her parents are fucking evil. I think they blsmed him for getting sick.
The whole thing is seriously twisted.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2015 14:04:05 GMT -5
I know some may see this statement as not being relative, but what comes around goes around and that is usually the truth.
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