Sorry Joe -I meant your grandfather.

Thank you for sharing your father’s “celebration of life”.
I have lost my father and a brother, at too young an age.
I had trouble with the sorrow and re-enforcing the positive
of their lives. But I have.
In a parallel, at my place of work:
Our company is huge and global.
We just had a RIF. People were let go, some were re-assigned with very uncertain futures.
I was lucky to remain “at my post”.
I liken myself to the “George Bailey role” .
Particularly this last year I made a big impact for the business,
which has a promising future, but not with our local facility in mind.
My efforts have and continue to extend our value and time until
an inevitable end. The decisions of continuing to make a difference
each day, yet planning for some big changes and my associated
readiness are always on my mind.
My realization about life (in and out of work) is very clear.
We are mortal and must seize each and every day.
We will join our loved ones sooner than we think.
And if you believe in the life after, it is far far longer than this
brief period here.

Memento Mori! Carpe Diem!