From 8/4/08:
Funerals and death have been on my mind a lot lately. Maybe because of a death in the family of a dear friend, two actually. In my previous post I mentioned I was controlling, right? I'd like to control my funeral service - make it a gut-ringer! Here's my idea of a soundtrack guaranteed to get your cry off -
Alan Jackson's "Monday Morning Church"
and
George Strait's "You'll Be There"
all sung by a buddy of mine that plays a wicked guitar and just him and the guitar performing. Can't you just see it?
I'm really bummed as I write this list as I had another darned song, but of course I can't think of it now, and it's the one that inspired this whole darned topic in my head! Funny where the mind goes, huh?
Wonder if I could get a career as a funeral planner? Or is that just too tacky? I'm really not being flip - what an awful time, and all these darned decisions that have to be made. I like the idea of pre-paying and pre-planning. Too bad we are all so afraid to face our own mortality that we don't. Did you? I know I haven't!
Music's always been so important to me. It's the next thing to reading a good book on the top of my list. There are so many good works out there, so many wonderful stories in songs. So many songs I've listened to that inspire me to convert them into stories - full novels. This is where I begin. Here with you.
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