* I heard this on this lovely person's blog and was immediately smitten with this song. It conjures up so many thoughts and feelings...............all in one little song. It took me a bit to figure out the autoplay, and still not positive what I did, but it seems to work now on it's own. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have(since I have now played it like 400 times....I swear I am still in 6th grade)
*I have so many pictures I need to put on here to update what has been going on the last few months with Shiyu. She has had a lot of first since she arrived, and we have documented them all, but I suck at getting everything done now.
But stay tuned, because they are coming, and hopefully you will enjoy the accompaniment of Vince Gill and Sarah Evans.
I have been VERY under the weather. As long as I stay horizontal I am okay(sorta) but the second I stand up it all becomes a very different story. It's the can't keep anything down diet, and I must say that my jeans will fit very nicely at the end of all of this......but there is nothing worse as far as I am concerned than feeling like you are going to blow. I have felt this way since Thursday afternoon, and I have moments(okay a few hours) in there that I feel sorta okay, and then the wave comes at me like a speeding train. Yesterday I slept from 4:00 p.m. until 7:30 this morning. I think there is something wrong. But unlike my husband who is insisting that I go to the doctor(no, can't even think about getting dressed and getting myself into the car) all she is going to say is that is that it is viral and make sure I try and keep as many liquids down as I can and here is some nausea medicine(which I already have) So unless this is not better by Wednesday I am in my fuzzy robe and staying in a horizontal position, and dreaming that this is an excellent weight loss program as well as allowing me to wallow in pity with the new rounds of referrals.
Happy Sunday:)
**as a sidenote I was not able to attend Martha's services, but my friends were there, and I must say that now I am kind of glad that I was unable to go. I understand the concept of an open casket, but my personal beliefs are that you should remember the person as you knew them, and it is seldom that someone who has died looks like they did when you enjoyed their company.....especially when someone has been very ill. So it sounds like you would not have even known it was her had you not known who's funeral you were at. I want to remember her for the beautiful young girl I lived with in college, and for that visual to always remain, and not have it replaced by a visual of a different person. I know this is terribly immature, but I just think as a child I would want to remember my mother the way she always looked...especially in good health, and I just don't know if you could ever replace the site of her in her casket not looking like my mom.
I made D promise that if I die before him that he swears that the casket will be closed.
I am going to have to do some research into the history of open casket funerals.....I am sure there is some reason for this practice. Cremation is sounding better and better.
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I will be very interested to see what others think/feel about this subject. My preference is for closed - or maybe I'm leaning more toward cremation these days. I've been to two open casket funerals and they both were a little on the traumatizing side....
When you find the song you want on esnips, right below the code you will see a option for Auto Play. Choose Yes and I believe that will do it....
ps. I'm sorry about your friend and I agree with you that when you go to an open casket funeral you are left with that image. You should keep those good memories and images in your mind of happy and healthy times.
J-
Are you feeling better? You are in my thoughts...
M
It will be interesting to see what you find out about open caskets; so many rituals have odd beginnings, I'd think. I can't offer any help with the music issue, but I'll certainly give the song a listen.
p.s. I'm glad you didn't go to the service - hold her in your happy memories.
Hope you're feeling better, sunshine :)
As for funerals & open caskets: I have a hard time going to funerals and wakes for this very same reason. In fact, I go to wakes only when forced and I NEVER go up to the casket - I hang in the back of the room. I only want to remember people as they were; beautiful, happy, and healthy.
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