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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Anyway, my Father died the other day and I'm going through this process - Yogic style. It's actually been quite fun until tomorrow, I have to go to the Baptist funeral and burial, and deal with the wicked step-mother,  I'm half-joking. He died on December 11, 11 years after my Mother who died on December 10. I'm like thanks guys, now I can remember you both together..isn't that cool! So, that's what's going on with me. I wish I had some like minded people to talk about all the other neat stuff with. The death process is such an interesting thing - on all levels. My Father died at the hands of Western medicine, same old song and dance. He was going to the dentist this past October. He got really sick from the antibiotics he took for the infection that they say some people get and that's their preventative approach or whatever. So, he was put in the hospital, got better and was told it was his blood pressure meds that caused it - NOT antibiotics. Okay, so here it is December, let's try it again. Let's go revisit the dentist, take the antibiotics. This time it happened again, only he had a severe allergic reaction to the point where his throat closed up, he sufficated and died before the parametics arrived. I'm like WTF is wrong with these people and why did my Father not trust himself to know the difference, at 74 years old and in pretty decent health??!!? I'm so amazed at this and am so thankful for my life. Okay, ya'll wish me luck tomorrow that I can endure all this. It's really hard to leave my peaceful mountains to the throws of hell, LOL!!!! I just love relatives and bible thumpers..it's going to be such fun. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I know my Father is inside of me, he lives within me and all my family. Yesterday was totally awesome!! We had the real southern baptist funeral for my father. In fact, it reminded me of a Cajun style funeral...well, only because me and my sister made it happen that way,  First of all we had to do a real church service for his funeral...OMG, I was dying in there trying to find something to like, and i managed to find the essence of it all, it was not an easy task let me tell ya!! After church, we all got in our cars to the burial site which was over an hour away. OMG...the MOTORCADE literally drove me insane!! My sister and I rode together, while my children and her husband rode in seperate vehicles. She drove, I watched, observed...spoke out at times when she wouldn't catch up with everybody only to almost hit my step-brother's car in front of us!!! Glad I wasn't driving, heeheehee (She wanted to kill me afterwards!!) We got high and had a great time, with the execption of those cops on motorcycles...but I knew that was the only day that I could get away with being high and loosing myself compeletly and it felt sooo dam good!! Although, I did have to say NO!!! Absolutely NOT to the theme song from the "Man from Snowy River" playing on her music box...YUCK!! Don't get me wrong, I like it, but for some reason it just didn't jive with my mood at that moment, Oh my lord, I was feeling old at that point and couldn't take it!! After this point is when my experience took on meaning - on so many levels. My Father was a respected man in his world, and many people loved him. I was very proud to be his daughter. I was very proud to stand there at his grave and bid farewell. The best part, is that preacher who gave that sermon that I TOTALLY disagreed with, came to me afterwards and shared a beautiful conversation with me with respect for my belief and acknowledged my experience and my life with my Dad. I will NEVER forget that. I will also never forget all those lovely people who stood there, some I had no earthly idea who they were, but they were mostly older people - from his community and church, with me and my family supporting us and thanking us for sharing our lives with them through my Dad. I was also proud that my children and my children's Father supported me in a way that will last me forever in this lifetime. We will always cherish this memory. We had the serious service and the party afterwards..it was totally fine. More to come as I think about it......Oh yea, We ended up in a Chinese restaurant in this little town, that had been there since the beginning of time. I loved the after touch of the oriental music, the koi pond outside that we made wishes into, I could only drink the oolong tea as I was totally in a fast...at least that was a good excuse. The Chinese people were very accommodating and I felt right at home. They put us in the back of the room so we could have our party. Funny thing, the restaurant was real quiet when we arrived. Then after we got it going, the entire restaurant came alive....it was totally cool. This was a restaurant that we ate at in my teenagehood years with my Dad. It was totally fun! | ||
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