Mokie Joe ended up posting Dad's bio on "Touchy Subjects." It really is an exceptional labor of love. So definitely worth the read.

The local paper added to the kindness of so many of the local people who graced us with their presence at the services by writing an article in the Sunday paper on the "Opinion" page. Dad shared the spotlight with the passing of another citizen who the author claimed "used a wheel chair, but was never 'confined' to a wheel chair. On page B4, the headline reads "2 Good Men Remembered Fondly."

The author described Dad as, "...an old timer loaded with war stories that ranged from the far corners of the globe (D-Day and Bastogne, for starters) to the far table at the corner tavern."

"Larry Webber was a master of spinning stories, particularly of the musical variety..." and Bubba still dosen't get why I blog, (most folks I know just don't get why I blog-but, I am a story teller, like my father, and thus, I blog).

The article has 2 pics of Dad, one sitting & singing while playing the Hammond organ, and the other, of Dad & Rene holing the sign that I free-hand painted for their "Going Out of Business Sale" in 1997. He was such a cute man..

After some sibling searching, I found the proper title & lyrics of the Michael Buble' tune that my niece dedicated to Dad at the end of the service. I believe that I saw Michael perform this on one of the national morning shows, and then, I thought it to be a song about new-found love. I see now, for me, for my family, that it was written for new-found life...

"Feeling Good"

"Birds flying high,
You know how I feel,
Sun in the sky,
You know how I feel,
Breeze drifting by,
You know how I feel,
It's a new dawn,
It's a new day,
It's a new life,
For me,
And I'm feeling good."

"Fish in the sea,
You know how I feel,
River running free,
You know how I feel,
Blossom on a tree,
You know how I feel,
It's a new dawn,
It's a new day,
For me,
And I'm feeling good."

"Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know,
Butterflies all having fun, you know what I mean,
Sleep in peace when day is done,
That's what I mean.
And this old world is a new world,
And a bold world,
For me."

"Stars when you shine,
You know how I feel,
It's a new dawn,
It's a new day.
It's a new life,
For me.
And I'm feeling good."

That says it all for me. Sis Kathy tells me there is an even more appropriate song called "Home" on the same CD, and she will play it for sis Jan & I tomorrow mid-morning when she is gifting the 3 of us a massage from a massage therapist in Kathy's beautiful, relaxing home mid-morning. I will see Cecile (my mental health therapist) in the afternoon. I will try to visit my mom who no longer remebers who I am at her nursing home, and hopefully, continue on to visit my father's beloved, 2nd wife, Rene (who was in such terrible pain for the visitation and the funeral), at her nursing home, to hopefully wrap up a full day slowly enroute towards my own road to healing.

I'm feeling good...all things considered. Off and on, most of the time, the roughest times are when I am trying to sleep, but, actively I am working on it, and I'm feeling good.