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The funeral is done and as far as these things can be, it was a really nice ceremony. Everybody's speech was nice and it was more like a celebration. The kids helped to lighten it up too.

For those without a scorecard I have a daughter 13 - call her T, son 10 - L, and my brother-inlaw has a boy O who is 6 and a girl E who is 2 (going on 30). It was my grandfather's funeral so only my kids had ever met him. Nonetheless at several times during the ceremony I looked across to see both L and O in tears. It broke the tension somewhat and we were able to smile a bit. L got quite indignant and asked why I was laughing; I told him it was a coping mechanism and turned away to smirk.

I figure that L and O have a career as professional mourners if they want it, kind of like the film Wedding Crashers but with funerals.

Sharon (my wife) may have got a job out of all this. She has always wanted to try her hand at embalming but you need to be sponsored by a funeral home to do the course and the opportunities are limited as most of them are family run. However, she was asked to send them her resume so maybe this could be a change of career. I'm sure she would enjoy it.

Anyway that's it for now (boring wasn't it)