buffet spreadBrother looks like he's talking about the futures market. 
 February 7.
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Yesterday was my grandmother's memorial service. My dad (a preacher) gave a beautiful remembrance of her life and told some stories about her that I had never heard. How he did that without losing his cool was something I don't quite understand. He said later that he stuck to his notes and just kept going. I got to see dozens of folks I hadn't seen in several years. People who looked after me in the church nursery and taught me in Sunday School. Many came from destinations way out of town in order to be there. And some had never even met my grandmother before -- they just wanted to be present in order to support my family. I find this incredibly touching. Here's the post-memorial service buffet... before the macaroni and cheese were added to the spread. Comments
noël/violet [deleted] says:your family has been in my thoughts.
Jana Tigchelaar
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Lisa Joyce [deleted] says:
When my grandmother died, we had a very tiny memorial service months later at the Catholic church she belonged to at the time. She was 89 when she died, so she outlived everyone she knew. It was only my immediate family and one or two other stay relatives and friends that were there. My dad broke from the church as a teenager (as did everyone in my mom and dad's generation on both sides), so it was a very brave and generous thing he did to organize the little ceremony at the church, in the middle of the day, in a place he never liked. He got up after the priest talked and gave the most poetic and powerful speech in memory of his mother. I was completely stunned- I had no idea my dad could write like that, and he read it so eloquently and clearly. It is amazing what people can do in times of grief. I think it helps people to pay tribute like that. Sounds like your grandmother got a lovely memorial.
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