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050112 saying hello and goodbye - Sally Edmundson
Angela was my second cousin who died suddenly before Christmas. It was her funeral today. I learned how little I knew her or even about her - I'd known her only as a relative and a teacher. In real terms she was a published, respected academic, avid knitter, lover of language and its form, and more recently a huge gardener, whose opinion, as in every other area of her life was sought and respected. Another big surprise on this day of sadness - I met her nephew and niece for the first time, hitherto just names on Xmas cards and what lovely relatives to have. The cherry on the cake? My former English teacher, now 70, Dr Christine Hodgson, stood and read an excerpt from a Wordsworth poem. I was thrilled to see her again. Funerals should be a celebration of a life and this could not have been more so. An immensely moving service but one filled with love and great memories. I wish I'd known her better - what a beautiful woman.
050112 saying hello and goodbye - Sally Edmundson
Angela was my second cousin who died suddenly before Christmas. It was her funeral today. I learned how little I knew her or even about her - I'd known her only as a relative and a teacher. In real terms she was a published, respected academic, avid knitter, lover of language and its form, and more recently a huge gardener, whose opinion, as in every other area of her life was sought and respected. Another big surprise on this day of sadness - I met her nephew and niece for the first time, hitherto just names on Xmas cards and what lovely relatives to have. The cherry on the cake? My former English teacher, now 70, Dr Christine Hodgson, stood and read an excerpt from a Wordsworth poem. I was thrilled to see her again. Funerals should be a celebration of a life and this could not have been more so. An immensely moving service but one filled with love and great memories. I wish I'd known her better - what a beautiful woman.