On our way home from church this past Sunday my I was searching through my husband and I\u2019s old music that he had compiled on a new device he set up for when we were in the car. It had all this old music I hadn\u2019t heard in years. As I was going through the music I came across an old favorite of mine and played it for everyone. It was \u201cAll My Tears\u201d sung by Emmy Lou Harris. I flashed back to myself singing this song over and over again in my room as a young woman before I was married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told my husband that I wanted this song played at my funeral, it\u2019s just so perfect. And in my heart I made plans to record it the next time I sat down to record. I wanted to leave it behind for my children so they\u2019d have a recording of my voice comforting them, it just seemed to make sense to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t realize a few days later I myself would be losing my Dad so suddenly. Dad had been a very healthy, lively, and active person his entire life. The only time he had gone to a hospital was when he was in a motorcycle accident as a teen. He rarely got sick, but had started not feeling well around his birthday in May. He spent about a week in the hospital in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all expected him to just recover and bounce back. But on July 14th he just died very suddenly. It doesn\u2019t feel real, and I still don\u2019t completely believe it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, for what it\u2019s worth, here\u2019s my favorite funeral song Dad. I thought I was covering it for my own funeral. I\u2019m thankful for the comforting words right now though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sorry I didn\u2019t call the other day and talk to you when God nudged me multiple times. I know that you love me though, so I won\u2019t cry about it too much. I still treasure that time you told me \u201cWell Emily, it\u2019s been an honor.\u201d Right before you walked me down the aisle to be married. I felt like it was the voice of God right then. Because only God says things so full of Grace like that. It was like the time that Grandpa George said, \u201cWho\u2019s the most beautiful girl in the world?\u201d Over and over until he had taught me to respond that, \u201cI was.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love you Dad, until we meet again in a place where there are no tears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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