Guest guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Jill, It was a graveside service, which is what my grandfather wanted. He was a month shy of being 100! What an awesome thing, huh? He has two surviving children, my dad and an aunt who is in poor health in NY (she's 76!). He has more grandchildren than I can count or think about (each of my aunts were quite prolific; only my dad, uncle and one aunt " capped " their kids - there are 3 of us, my one aunt had 2 and the other had 3. He also has more great-grands and great-great grands than I can absorb! My dad spoke - it was hard for him and several times he cried - but what he said was pretty powerful. And my aunt, who passed just last month, had picked out grandpa's casket and it wsa a steel blue with inserts that had pictures of a blue sky, clouds and a bird flying - I immediately thought of " I'll Fly Away " . Once my dad was done, our pastor said a few words and then we sang " Amazing Grace " and then he prayed. It was really nice overall, but the weather was horrid and I'm praying that my asthma doesn't flare up! (((Hugs))) Darlene > > Darlene, > > I'm sorry to hear about your grandpa. Were you two close? I hope he has a beautiful funeral. Take extra ggod care of yourself! > > Jill > Re: Doctor appt... he says I can be cured? Please read//Debra - Lyrica > > > Debra, > I would start the Lyrica on a day when you won't be driving or doing > much of anything except hang around the house; the first dose I took, > I felt " punch drunk " and walked like it too; DH was extremely > concerned about my reaction initially. But now I am on the 150 mg > 2x/day and have no issues. > > I don't think we can be cured of fibro, but I DO think the more we > can do to detoxify ourselves can only be helpful overall, as the > inflammation, etc. that we get sometimes exacerbates our flares. > > I have no clue about how many types of arthritis there are - I know > about JRA because my cousin has it in her knees. I know about RA > because several folks on this list have it. And of course OA... > > I know you don't want to get all that bloodwork done, but it might > point to some other issues you have that might make life better all > around if that makes sense? I am having massive fog issues today. We > are burying my grandpa in about an hour or so and I cannot think > clearly. > > ((((Hugs)))) > Darlene > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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