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

Sundays are 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.

This eulogy was shared by Sean Mayer's and it was what she wrote and delivered for her

father, David A. Sullivan. When you say someone is stubborn, everyone thinks it's a bad thing.

Well, I'm going to put it right out there. I think we all know that Dave Sullivan was a stubborn man.

Wouldn't you agree, Norma? But somehow dad turned being stubborn into a good thing. He looked

his disease square in the face and stubbornly refused to give in. He handled his gradual

eventual loss of freedoms in ultimately life with the dignity and grace and good humor that

personified him. It would be important to dad that you all know that dad was a people person.

He genuinely loved people and they loved him right back. I got to spend lots of time with dad

these last couple years and I was amazed at how many friends he had in his life. People were

always stopping over. Sadly, he lost several close buddies over the years, but it seemed as if two

more new friends would show up to fill the hole in his heart after each loss. Dad told stories

sometimes over and over again about the good times he had with all of you. Dad thought his

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