The remaining Barrys. This picture was taken at Sean's funeral. Sean's absence is definitely felt. The last time I saw Sean, was about a year ago, the end of March '06. My husband, Brian and I showed up unannounced at his place and he graciously entertained us. If he had other plans, he never mentioned them. My brother, Brian has a pub in Camrose, AB. Sean apparently would stop in daily and drink coffee, wanting to stay in touch. Brian had a new year's eve party a couple of month previous, so I asked Sean if he'd gone. He said no, he'd quit drinking and realized that a new years eve party would probably not be conducive to achieving his goals. He'd also recently quit smoking. I remember thinking that was a lot to give up all at once, but of course didn't want to say anything to discourage him. Sean also had a dream to buy himself all new camping gear and go on a camping trip. This he did at the end of the summer. After achieving his goals, his heart gave...
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I am so sorry for you, what a tremendous loss! Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you! We lost our mom Decembewr 28that...is a bad time of year! ove you guys and know we are with you in these hard times!
Love Wayne, Colleen and boys!
My prayers are for you, Ann and your family, Kevin. Suruj sounded like an incredible person.
It's great that all the family was together. It is a reminder that the persons life truly is a gift, and helps ease the passing.
I remember all of the funerals that I've been to in our family, and because of all you guys, I couldn't stop laughing. Aunt Colleen's in particular. I hadn't seen Pat in a few months, and saw him the moment I entered the funeral parlour. When I hugged Pat, I thought I was going to lose it, but then he said to me..."You see Mom's hair?"
I said, "Yeah"
Pat "It looks good, doesn't it?"
Me looking up from eyes about to swell, "Yeah, Pat, it really looks nice."
Pat: "Well we should have been taking her here all along".
That's pretty much how the funerals go in our family. I remember when Aunt Mary died, and the wake was out of Aunt Margaret's house, David, Pat and I, couldn't stop joking and got kicked out by my mom.