(This blog contains some great music choices for a funeral, but you do need to read through to the end...)
The choice of music plays an incredibly important role in the funeral. "Sad songs say so much" (I think that is an Elton John line) and in the midst of our grief, it can be difficult to articulate the complex emotions we are experiencing. Sometimes the words of a song can give voice to feelings otherwise impossible to express and as such, is one step of the healing process.
This is a quick update to the "500 Days' project blog, written in February...which incidentally, according to my site stats, is the most read post... is this a reflection on my funeral-related musings? Probably best not to answer that.
Anyway, 500 days is now less than 365 following a rather brilliant 49th birthday celebration. So a quick update on the the project...
Before I departed for my mini break at the weekend, I conducted the funeral ceremony for a wonderful old gentleman called Frank.
I met Frank earlier in the year, and immediately felt very comfortable with him - he was a lovely man to listen to. I just knew there were a host of stories within him - especially from his wartime experiences - but as with so many of his generation, he was so modest about his achievements...a sad day when the news came that he had passed away.
