Its Over...

Well... that's all settled now. We've done the 7th day prayers and everything so its time to take a break. I've been relatively busy due to Uncle Stanley's funeral as I've been doing all the music stuff. The really emo day was Saturday as it was the funeral itself. After 3 and a half days of pink, beatles/bee gees and cards, we finally got down to wearing the traditional black/white for the service and the funeral. Many thanks to Audrey, Rebecca, Nicky, Pearl, Rachel, Aunty Anna, Cyrilla and Ligna for singing in my little choir. The support of my friends really meant a lot to me.

Anyway, there was a slight mis-comm as Joyce was not aware that Aunty Doreen wanted to have the song 'Because You Loved Me' dedicated to Uncle Stanley and that my Uncle himself wanted the song 'Angel' to be played. As a result, when the eulogy was done, she simply stepped down from the pulpit and Fr JJ just stood up to do the final commendation. Thankfully, Ron and myself decided to change the final song from Amazing Grace to Angel. I personally thought that I did quite well for the song. I don't mean that my vocals were exceptional or anything like that. I simply sang with my heartfelt emotion and let it all out through the music. Really glad that I could fulfill 1 of his last wishes.

The 7th day prayers were something else altogether. He wanted dancing and 70's Disco music and so we duly obliged. It totally didn't feel like a wake/funeral thing and I suppose that's what he would have wanted. In the end, the police came up twice because someone complained about the noise. You should have seen the look on their faces when they heard that it was a 7th day thing. They didn't know what to believe! It was quite hilarious looking at them. Oh well, I'm glad that its all over now. The week has been really draining but I guess it must be worse for his family. I really hope that God will comfort them in their sorrow.