30 March 2010

Grandad's funeral today. I do so wish I could be there, and maybe if I didn't have Emily I would have flown back for it. I spoke to Mum just before the ceremony and she seemed to be handling it fairly well. John was particularly affected as he had lived with and worked with Grandad all his life. There was a good turn out of around 80 people. Grandad had many interests and Mum said they were all represented. Grandma did well but apparently had forgotten about it by the end of the day. The funeral unfortunately coincided with Tom's 3rd birthday, but he and Fern played with Eileen at her place so I don't expect he felt too hard done by.