"You'll never see a hearse pulling a U-haul" Why? Because you can't take it with you. He said "You can't take it with you" is a biblical truth. He went on to say, "OK Paul, if I can't take it with me, what lasts beyond myself?" The answer: Memories. A Legacy.
Tony quoted from the funeral service of a good family friend, who helped write his own obituary. I am paraphrasing from that as well. He said:
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| To Kathie from Dad Gammage 8-17-96. |
- Care about each person with which you come in contact...
- Make a person's life better, where you have the power to do so...
- Make a choice each day to be positive...
- Allow God to work through you...
I caught myself thinking back during the last year of my dad's life while he was fighting cancer, I was visiting him in his home and he had a jewelry box, which he had made as a gift for Kathie, which was a duplicate of one he had made for my mother many years earlier. He wanted me to take it home for Kathie, but I insisted he sign and date the box someplace so that all others in the future would know it was built and given as a gift by him. The box shown here was given more than 23 years ago and I still open it periodically to read dad's dated note to Kathie! What a memory for us!
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Memories as this live on from our parents and grandparents, I have a charcoal drawing of my grand mother's and a drawing of a woman's face. Displayed with honor on my walls. My Father's tools he made in school as a kid also items of his days at GM. Things given to me by him, for he said " you are the one who would appreciate them the most" I do and it brings back memories seeing them, holding them. Knowing he held them when I wasnt even born yet. Thanks for the post.
Ray Tuck
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