Die Trauerfeier

Today was the day of my mother's funeral.

Before we went we had noticed that all the bird feeders in the garden were empty. My mum was big on feeding the birds and the squirrels and even a fox that use to visit her garden regularly. And it felt fitting to fill all the feeders in the garden as she would have done.

The funeral went well apart from the opening hymn.

There were lots more people than I had anticipated and consequently there weren't enough "Orders Of Service" for people. The order of service had only verses 1, 3 & 5 of Psalm 23. Alas about a hundred people couldn't see that and they all launched into verse 2 as the 50 of us with the order of service skipped to verse three.

It was not a pretty sound.

I managed to say a few words which seemed to move a few people.

Afterwards was a bit of a blur.

Liebe Mutter, ich werde Dich vermissen.