a funeral an uplifting time

Tom Kealy is a wonderful father, brother, and friend and clearly missed in his untimely early passing due to a struggle with cancer. His son Matt is a good friend of Blair's through high school and now as adults. And so Blair and I with many others attended his memorial service this afternoon. You have to love a service where they sing a song from the doobie brothers ( find here a garage band version - not the kealy brothers but - linked here).

It wasn't per say a religious service, though the first part had two songs from a church group in which Tom played drum; the one carried the thought of can people see jesus through you / me. Tom's life was full of humor and loving people; two fundamentals that should fill my life.

Lyrics to another song shared which I enjoyed:

* From the Beatles - the last song on their last album:

And in the end

The love you take

Is equal to the love you make.

and from Paul McCartney- a delightful song I was not familiar with - but now quite like

The End Of The End

At the end of the end

It's the start of a journey

To a much better place

And this wasn't bad

So a much better place would have to be special

No need to be sad

On the day that I die

I'd like jokes to be told

And stories of old to be rolled out like carpets

That children have played on

And laid on while listening to stories of old

At the end of the end

It's the start of a journey

To a much better place

And a much better place

Would have to be special

No reason to cry

(whistling)

On the day that I die

I'd like bells to be rung

And songs that were sung to be hung out like blankets

That lovers have played on

And laid on while listening to songs that were sung

At the end of the end

It's the start of a journey

To a much better place

And a much better place

Would have to be special

No reason to cry

No need to be sad

At the end of the end