A Beautiful Farewell to a Beautiful Man
A lovely goodbye to my lovely man.
We had a lovely send-off for my artistic, sensitive, creative husband Andrzej. I brought all of his paintings I could find (around 100) many of our old friends, my family (mom, my brotherJoel & sister Di), his art market friends, fellow musicians and newer friends from the AWC (an expat group of English-speaking women in Seville) and from my more recent co-workers from the Universities of Seville & Loyola.
The Irish wake style gathering was just the sort of thing I know he would have loved. And I think he will also love being scattered on his favorite hill in his hometown when the bluebells are in bloom in the spring.
A couple of beautiful eulogies were read, and I also recited 'Funeral Blues' by W.H. Auden, a poem we both loved.
I am very grateful for the great turn out, for the chance to focus on the positive memories. I think it has helped make me feel a little bit less sad, and more optimistic for the future.
We had a lovely send-off for my artistic, sensitive, creative husband Andrzej. I brought all of his paintings I could find (around 100) many of our old friends, my family (mom, my brotherJoel & sister Di), his art market friends, fellow musicians and newer friends from the AWC (an expat group of English-speaking women in Seville) and from my more recent co-workers from the Universities of Seville & Loyola.
The Irish wake style gathering was just the sort of thing I know he would have loved. And I think he will also love being scattered on his favorite hill in his hometown when the bluebells are in bloom in the spring.
A couple of beautiful eulogies were read, and I also recited 'Funeral Blues' by W.H. Auden, a poem we both loved.
I am very grateful for the great turn out, for the chance to focus on the positive memories. I think it has helped make me feel a little bit less sad, and more optimistic for the future.
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Remembering the good parts is his life, his art was a wonderful thing to do.