We had Dad's funeral yesterday at Landican at 12pm. 16 people attended - Dad's sisters, Olive and Brenda and their husbands Ted and Ron. Also Dad's two best friends, Frank with his daughter Rosemary and Derek with his wife Dot. We also had 5 people from Guide Dogs (Dad would have been made up!)- Gaynor, Tina, Dave Wilde (who trained Morris), Phil (who trained Stella) and Ian the guy who's been taking Stella out at weekends. Laurence Jones did a lovely ceremony - took him 10 mins to read out my tribute to Dad. I tried to make it a loving and humourous reflection of Dad's life. The worse bit of the funeral for me was when the coffin arrived and they carried Dad in, I felt myself going big style at that point, and when we entered the church behind and I heard the music it was hard......... I miss Dad so much already - this kind of feeling tears at the foundations of your whole existance, my Dad has always been there through thick or thin and suddenly he's not anymore, how can I bear it.......he was a big presence and there is such a void there now, guess it will be like this for a while - will always love you Dad and thanks so much for being there for me when I needed you, all my love Lisa xxxxx