Sometimes a bit of perspective is all you need

My parents did everything together including dying. Mum died five weeks ago and the old boy last Saturday.

I did Mums eulogy and now about to do Dads. Mums flowed like a poem, but I have been struggling with the Old Mans.

Due to the circumstances I have not surfed for the last four weeks and this would almost be a record.
I am lucky to have a place up the coast and today hit a favorite reefy all to myself. Crystal waters, wally sliders. The words for Dad came to me as I paddled around, this is what surfing is, good for the soul.

Forget your dog wars and whose got the best room and who can go where (which I find extremely amusing) and remember all you need is a little perspective

But WTF would I know I like to ride a sixer these days so theoretically I have not surfed in the last three years

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Well said Pup

+1

Really sorry for your loss Twimby, when I read them first part of your post I was thinking that all you needed was to get out for a surf and your Old Man's words would come to you, and as I read further...... Well you know.

Take it easy mate, it's never easy losing your parents, because it certainly changes the perspective on a lot of things......

Condolences Twimby, hard times

Hope you scored again today mate, see you tomorrow. A few more words may come as we do some single tracks.

Thoughts are with you.

That certainly does put things into perspective...my condolences mate.

Great words, Twimby. Great post. Great perspective.
You are so right about rising above these little forum dramas - and about how surfing (in all its forms) is good for the soul.
What you said about farewelling loved ones reminded me of this poem from Raymond Carver – the last words in his last book, written when he knew he was dying:
Late Fragment:
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
..................................................................................................................
Condolences. And thanks for your wise words.

Don't feel that way mate,take it easy on the bikes mate I read about Greenies accident.

Thanks for posting Twimby. Condolences mate.

I find that there are 2 basic (generic) categories for death.
The half expected, and the unexpected... You know what I mean? Cancer, or general old age basically comes with tiny dose of "half expected". The totally unexpected ones are probably the toughest, but I haven't had to deal with any of those.

Funerals are an overall positive (I think). It gets a whole heap of good people together to celebrate a beautiful person who's time was up...

(make a positive from a negative!?)