MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

My thoughts are with you today. I cannot imagine how hard it will be.

Thanks Bob.

 

[RoyalChick]

Thanks Bob.

 

[MaryJanet]

Thank you RC. Watching a funeral from so far away feels awfully alienating.

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you RC. Watching a funeral from so far away feels awfully alienating.

I'm so sorry. I was hoping very much that it would work for you.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm so sorry. I was hoping very much that it would work for you.

It felt wrong. It was better than nothing but nowhere near as meaningful as being there in person. If it weren't for the pandemic I'd have been there. It was my worry over transitting through Melbourne that kept me home.

 

[Ribh]

I haven't been here today, MJ. I'm so sorry this is being so hard. I hope your friend's mum held it together. Hugs for you.

 

[MaryJanet]

Thanks mate. She seemed to keep it authentic most of time. Weeping but not performing if that makes sense.

 

[Ribh]

Thanks mate. She seemed to keep it authentic most of time. Weeping but not performing if that makes sense.

Totally makes sense. Makes it harder on everyone else when that happens.

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening MJ and everyone


MJ

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Today is funeral day. It's been 10 days since she died, that seems like a long time to me but I guess it's necessary when people are coming from afar during a pandemic.

I'm aiming for warm poignancy rather than heartbreak. I fear her mother will be a hair-tearing wreck. Mel is the second daughter she's lost. Tanya was killed long, long ago in a motorcycle crash, also in Tassie. Anyway I hope Mel's mother can keep it together a little for the sake of the kids.

I know the streaming thing is far from ideal. It was my only choice when my uncle (he was much more like my big brother to me) passed. But in the end you were able to be there.