>>My father died march 29th this year.
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>>Lifetime smoker finally did what WW2 (Coldstream Guards in Italy), major heart attack,a triple bypass and a near fatal car crash couldn't do.
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>>He wanted his ashes spread in the Severn estuary which we did. A filthy day , torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning. Then as we got the boat out in the evening to take the ashes out to mid river the sun cracked through the clouds over the welsh hills, the sky cleared and there was a rainbow. Couldn't have done better in a film.
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>>As you say it will take a while to get over. I've just had my first parentless birthday, more unsettling than I expected..
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>I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. As I learned a few years ago, the first time around for each occasion is hard. It does get easier, though even after several years, I still have moments.
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>Tamar
Amen to that Tamar.
I ain't skeert of nuttin eh?
Yikes! What was that?