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	<description>Helping say goodbye...</description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t worry, you&#8217;ll be good enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the world farewells our much loved Whitney, her Bodyguard  lead partner, Kevin Costner, shared a question so many people ask underneath the surface&#8230; one that many high profile people ask, but also a deep underlying fabric in many people’s demise.
AM I GOOD ENOUGH?
It may be a question you have asked of yourself. But, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Post Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All of the children, and there were seven, had been denied access to their father. Not their choice, but one of an aging man, struggling with a painful past and complications of self-medication &#8211; alcohol! In fact his medical records declared, no family on record.
It was only in the last year, with a chance meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They danced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The retirement village rarely had farewell ceremonies but Stan was such an active part of this relatively new community. He was responsible for either instigating or supporting numerous events that helped build a true camaraderie amongst the residents.
With Stan’s departure, Dot, his more fragile and private wife, wanted to honour him by preparing a farewell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ernie or Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She was the fourth speaker to come to the open microphone, farewelling a confirmed octogenarian bachelor. But it was the words that surprised&#8230;
“Sometimes I call him Ernie and sometimes I call him dad.”
What was she really saying?

This lady, in her late forties, explained in the next few sentences, of knowing Ernie all her life, having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brucewadd.com/ernie-dad-74.html</link>
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		<title>Private or public</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a question for you&#8230;
When considering a farewell ceremony, a funeral or a memorial service would you lean towards a public ceremony or make it a private occasion?
What are the parameters around which would help you make a decision?
Dot was still ‘undone’, shedding many tears in the process of recounting the life of her husband [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now&#8217;s sanctity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The juxtaposition of the gentle rains falling on my roof against the profound suddenness of my mechanic’s passing reminds me of the sanctity of NOW.
Two hours of my life were invested in listening to his partner and sister share the story of Matt’s final chapter of his active life [only SIX WEEKS], from the warning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brucewadd.com/nows-sanctity-70.html</link>
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		<title>Are you ever asked?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you keep doing this every day?&#8221;

When asked this question, more regularly than I first imagined as a funeral celebrant, the ego part of me wants to thump the chest and declare myself a true hero, an amazing person that can handle incredible depths and complexities of emotions.
But you and I both know there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brucewadd.com/ever-asked-64.html</link>
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		<title>First for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been ages since I have posted anything, even though I continue to write...

So you can expect a wider selection of...]]></description>
		<link>http://brucewadd.com/first-2012-62.html</link>
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		<title>The meeting beforehand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So often the organisational gathering to prepare a farewell service is functional and objective, creating and then dotting the ‘i’s and crossing ‘t’s. Yes, this is important, but there is often a whole other process going on that I dare to talk about.
Many times I’ve found the people gathered move into a thankful and positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brucewadd.com/meeting-beforehand-61.html</link>
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		<title>That special cuppa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The laughter was so obvious. The elderly lady was sitting, engaged in a conversation with a much younger person, sharing a hot cuppa on a cold winter’s day… but so much more was going on!
I couldn’t help asking, was it the coffee, the setting, the age difference… that made this interaction work? Or was there [...]]]></description>
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