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Grief

I (try to) prepare for everything. This is likely coming very soon...Updated 2 years ago

General Requests:

  • Please do NOT let me be alone! Very Important!
  • If I'm drinking, please come with me.
  • Please bring any pics/memories you have of him/her.
  • Puppies+Kitties are always nice.
  • No Cards, Religious Statements, etc.
  • Invite me to things! I don't want to hermit-up. Begin Immediately.

Dad:

My Dad is NOT doing Well

The last 3 days he has not woken up or gotten out of bed. Opening one eye is the best he can do.

When it finally happens, I would like your support.

Please Watch the 3 video clips at the bottom. This is the goal.

Please try your best to come to the Baseball Park FunDay Sept 8th to see Dad's Dugouts , and the food+drinking afterwards.

Night out Honoring Dad:

  • You will likely only get 24 to 48 hours notice of this. I would appreciate it if you could make it.
  • Get a Driver. Either to drive my 8-seaters car, or rent a 16 passenger van.
  • Suggested Itinerary:
    • Go to the ball field and "share" a drink
    • Go to some bars
    • Henderson Golf Course?
    • Beacon Hill Park, Dallas Road Walk
    • Red Robin
    • Interspace those with some Bars, honorary shots, and food.
    • Then Denny's for Food
    • Swan Lake
    • Ideally, find things to do after the bar and keep me awake until sunrise
    • Sunrise on Top of a Mountain / in a Park.
    • Include Bosco as much as possible.
    • Listen to some 70s Rock in the Car. Dr. Hook, The Who etc.
    • Walk in Beacon Hill Park. Dinner. BBQ. Moment Remembering dad

Night out Honoring Dad:

To Invite:

  • Matt Kelly
  • Tom Berg
  • Nate Proznik
  • Greg Campbell
  • Jamie Renney
  • Ian Scott
  • Amanda Crook
  • Evelyn Chisholm
  • Angela Dunphy

Maybe:

  • Mike McCambridge
  • Des McCambridge
  • Gregory Bartle
  • Darlana Bartle
  • Joan Withers

When someone close to me dies, I try to grieve appropriately.

  • Focus on helping others.
  • Promote the ideals they lived by.
  • Ensure their memories are respected and chronicled.
  • Continue to talk about them and tell our life stories, experiences, and lessons.
  • Appreciate my own life and loved ones
  • Prepare for my own death.

Comfort Foods:

Helping Friends with their grief:

  • Phil: Do not contact for 7 days
  • Amanda: Post to Facebook to drop off food to me. I sneak in and deliver.

Videos:

How I Met Your Mother Finding Out
How I Met Your Mother Grave1
How I Met Your Mother Grave2
Pillow Made Deceaseds Shirt

Pics:

Links:

MyGrief.Ca
How to Help a Friend

Dog Videos:

Super Sad
If I could Talk
Last Day

More

Dog's Final Days:

I take time (at least once a week) to appreciate Bosco. But I always prepare for the worst.

Especially after a friend's dog has died .

If/when I have to put him down, I want to take him on a epic final day. Let him do everything he wants. His Favorite People and Places.

  • Dog Park
  • Visit Friends
  • Ice Cream
  • Hamburgers
  • Take Pictures
  • Paw Imprint

Death Party:

Don't let me die in a care home or hospital. Take me out.

  • Check me out
  • Do crazy drugs
  • Have hours of sex while listening to rock music
  • Die with a smile on my face.

Burial + Statue:

I always intend to bury Bosco in the BackYard, and have a Statue made of him+I as a grave marker:

  • Tips
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    • Cleos's Final Days:

    Invite CVV work page. And Suzy, Kath, Tawni, Caliee, Walter, Carolyn, Judy, Adam, Bree, Bonnie, Amanda, Minx and Charlie.

    Playfair park.

    Drinking on a patio after