So I'll be attending a funeral service tomorrow with an expected attendance of 2000-plus...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

...and am starting the psyching up process now. Going or not going isn't a choice...the man was a friend and refraining from paying my last respects isn't an option. In addition, a significant number of my friends also counted him as a friend, and they will also be there.

My sister...the freeper nutcase who moved to Colorado Springs...was diagnosed with agoraphobia. I don't feel that I suffer from it as well, but I also am not drawn to events with 2000 people and nowhere to park (the parking lot holds maybe a couple hundred cars...from there, it's going to be residential street parking and a bit of a walk).

Both of my parents enrolled in the Neptune Society (cremation) with the deliberate intent of saving my brother, sisters and I from attending a funeral service. I've been to three funerals in my life...all three put together didn't have 2000 in attendance.

It will be a good opportunity to say one last goodbye to my friend (although I believe that friends never truly leave us), and to focus on something other than life under my little umbrella.

:grouphug:

[Parche]

1. big hugs

:hug::hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Amerigo Vespucci...

I am sorry for your loss, sweetie...

Even though he will live on in your mind and heart, he is still gone physically...

I think there's really something to the idea of paying your respects. Being present at his funeral means a lot to his family, I'm sure...

You will be in my thoughts tomorrow...

Safe passage to him. My condolences to his family and to all who loved him...

:hug:

[applegrove]

3. vibes to one and all.