Three Funerals in a Week (by sarah)
This coming week I shall have three funerals to attend - that will make four so far this month.
They are - Gladys who was a lovely bubbly ninety year old who used to deliver the post in the village - she has a leap named after her where she used to jump across the stream. She delivered the post quicker than they can in the vans and was always on time and in all weathers. She recognised Alaric as being Lionel's and told us how he used to deliver the christmas post with her. She was always ambling slowely to the village pub for lunch and/or to the village church, she was lovely and interesting to talk too.
Gorden who has been sick for a long time with lukemia and hip and heart problems but he did seem to be doing ok and had not long returned my superbikes book before being taken intohospital. Up until this year he roasted the deer for the village feast and was always taking off bits of wooden furniture from here to fix for us becuase he liked doing that sort of thing. He'd not long found his freedom again with a mobility scooter and last I saw him he'd been trundling across the common taking the dogs for a walk.
Then there is Alex, his is on Friday we have had to wait for his body to be released - this one is hurting so much and I can't bare the wait for it nor do I want it to be taking place but it must and maybe then I'll be able to face the fact that he is actually gone.
Mon 22nd Sep 2008 8:40 am 
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