I posted before about his passing. His funeral was today. It wasn't conventional. My dad wanted to conduct his own graveside service, but was too distressed to do so, so my mum stepped up with a beautiful eulogy.
I will post the poem I read called Jamie if you don't mind.
What use is the sun in a world without you?
Mocking me with it's cheerful glow
What use is the moon if it doesn't shine on your face
Muse to thousands of songs, but to me just a rock in lonely space
Tell the birds to be quiet as they fly on the wing
Tell the church bells to stifle their pealing ring
Dawn chorus has been cancelled, birds can no longer sing
The once found joy, they can no longer bring
If I could have saved you, I surely would
I'd break down invisible barriers to bring you back
I'd carry on where even defeated armies stood
Roar with a fury, so fearsome even time stood still in it's track
But I'm just a broken into pieces thing
Nothing left inside me wants to sing
Memories, tossed, tattered and torn
Like the pages of an old book, dog-eared and worn
I'm just an empty shell of who I used to be
Having to live in a world without you in, you see
You'll never know how much you meant to me
And how much I will miss you for eternity