So, in the new category of #funeralreadings, my sister and I were adamantly nope on psalm 23 and some other psalm -...
So, in the new category of #funeralreadings, my sister and I were adamantly nope on psalm 23 and some other psalm - they're all god this and god that and omg fear death. Not my dad. My sister, who is knowing things, also pointed out that one of them was really in the context of a war anyway and thus questionable for funerals, really, even if it was always used out of context.
So we are suggesting John Donne's:
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
instead. Just that bit, though, obs, because the entirety of the essay from which it comes is rife with god this and church that. I mean, it's John Donne. But the meaning of the passage is valid without that as the essay is also about sickness and death.
She also finessed the greatest rank pulling act I have ever seen and all praise to her. Because she chose a faith and is actively involved, she has networks. She reached out about things that made us twitch about how the military honors were being handled within the context of the service order. She did not expect this but got an answer back from the highest ranking Jewish chaplain in the military, who also happened to be the second highest ranking chaplain period in the Marine Corps. This is a big deal.
Anyway, when the locals pushed back about how it is always done here, she said gosh, but when I reached out, the highest ranking Jewish chaplain in the military said ... They are now doing this properly, per military and Jewish religious protocol. It's amazing what pulling rank can sometimes do to increase the efficiency of a discussion.
P.S. My mother and brother are the ones who wanted the military honors. This has been retconned to me wanting them. Mom doesn't understand why my sister and I are being so fussy. I pointed out that if she insists that this was my idea, then she should not be surprised that I would insist that it be done correctly, as that is intrinsic to its value as a demonstration of respect for the deceased. She finds me very annoying. I think this feeling is referred to as schadenfreude. [goes off whistling Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" in a seriously twisted rewording of the German]
So we are suggesting John Donne's:
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
instead. Just that bit, though, obs, because the entirety of the essay from which it comes is rife with god this and church that. I mean, it's John Donne. But the meaning of the passage is valid without that as the essay is also about sickness and death.
She also finessed the greatest rank pulling act I have ever seen and all praise to her. Because she chose a faith and is actively involved, she has networks. She reached out about things that made us twitch about how the military honors were being handled within the context of the service order. She did not expect this but got an answer back from the highest ranking Jewish chaplain in the military, who also happened to be the second highest ranking chaplain period in the Marine Corps. This is a big deal.
Anyway, when the locals pushed back about how it is always done here, she said gosh, but when I reached out, the highest ranking Jewish chaplain in the military said ... They are now doing this properly, per military and Jewish religious protocol. It's amazing what pulling rank can sometimes do to increase the efficiency of a discussion.
P.S. My mother and brother are the ones who wanted the military honors. This has been retconned to me wanting them. Mom doesn't understand why my sister and I are being so fussy. I pointed out that if she insists that this was my idea, then she should not be surprised that I would insist that it be done correctly, as that is intrinsic to its value as a demonstration of respect for the deceased. She finds me very annoying. I think this feeling is referred to as schadenfreude. [goes off whistling Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" in a seriously twisted rewording of the German]
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