Originally posted by chadizzy1
He requested cremation followed by a private burial at his parents grave. Seeing as it is coming into the Thanksgiving week, I asked the funeral director to set the date of the service on the 29th of November. It was the day that he would have had his heart bypass. I felt that if he was going to be surrounded by family and friends to wish him well after the surgery, he should be surrounded by friends and family on the same day to wish him well into the next life. Since we're only having a small church memorial and then the burial right after, we won't have any place to accept flower arrangements. But if you would like, please feel free to donate to www.heart.org. He would have wanted that anyway. He used to say that the toughest part of a funeral, for him, was to smell all of the flowers. That months after a funeral, smelling flowers would only remind him of death.
My mom, though a wreck, never realized how many people cared so deeply about him. She too thanks you all for being there for him and that you all could share in his life.
I know I will never fill his shoes, but I will try my best to be here and share my Snus experiences.
I was at my father's house earlier and I was amazed by all of the Snus he has. There are literally 3 freezers filled with them along with spreadsheets detailing everything he could write about each snus. Even on the front sofa there are unopened packages from various people with huge assortments of snus. Before I left his house, I opened one of the "tins" sitting next to his computer. I believe it was the next snus he was going to post in the "What's in your mouth" thread. It's a tin of Northerner Wintergreen. There are two left in that tin. So I will be sealing that one up and keeping it aside so I can have something of his that he planned on enjoying later that night.
Thank you all again for the well wishes. Now I'm going to try and get more than 2 hours of sleep. I feel like I've aged 10 years in the past week.
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