Welcome to thanks for being here. Very short pod that comes out every Sunday morning as

Sundays there is such a good time to let go of the day to day and touch base with what matters,

what will matter and what will have mattered. The answer to that question for me is often

found in ceremonies I could watch strangers get married once a week and I'm even more affected

by funerals sitting in a service taking in the story of one life. Just another ordinary

person who they loved and who loved them in a way eulogies are about the most succinct source

of clarity and direction I can think of. So I ask listeners who have lost someone dear to share

their words and every week I'll read one eulogy here so that we don't forget there is a point

to the pain we have much to offer we affect each other deeply and that ordinary lives are really

kind of exquisite when you look at them closely. This is thanks for being here.

Hi guys this week's thanks for being here comes from a woman named Kirsten Casey. She says hello

Kelly and team I wanted you to know how much I've been enjoying this series as a firm believer

in a thoughtful obituary and an engaging eulogy this medium is such a lovely way to pay tribute

to those we have lost. My father passed away five years ago on St. Patrick's Day after quietly

suffering through COPD for many years. His final decline was rapid which made his passing shocking.

Hospice was involved for only a week. After his mass we celebrated displaying his prolific oil

paintings and ceramics. We gave out balsa wood airplanes to fly in his memory. He always loved to

fly these with the children and we left out bowls of the letter T Scrabble tiles to take and carry

his favorite game to destroy us in and now a good luck charm for so many. It was emotional to be back

in my childhood church and in my grade school multi-purpose room on that day without him. Even though I

know he was there in spirit he was not there in the way I wished he could be and that is grief.

Also just like Greeney he called us levy. Thank you for giving listeners a chance to learn about

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