Frankly speaking…
Fiona: You mean tendencies to eccentricity and irascibility?
Susan: Typically beginning with how he wanted to give and teach. Taking anyone sailing with him.
Fiona: But then shouting at them if someone didn’t put on a life jacket or if there was a change in the wind.
Susan: All said, he was a great father and grandfather. Taking the kids to school. Playing chess.
Fiona: But he didn’t talk about his affections. He demonstrated.
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Voice-over
Funeral eulogies allow truths to be alluded to, cocooned in humor, the virtues balanced against the quirks. To the deceased, they might feel much good is interred with their bones.
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