Ben had flown to the Philippines for about a week and was not getting all of the messages from his mom and it was actually pretty amazing that he was able to fly back to be there for the funeral after getting the message on Tuesday- driving and flying out of Manila Wednesday we left from Honolulu Thursday and made it to Richfield at two in the morning Friday. We were still a little jetlagged from travel, but it was good
We had a good time visiting with family and seeing aunts and uncles and cousins and the funeral was nice as people were able to share memories and thoughts about their brother, dad, uncle and grandpa. Ben read the life sketch that was prepared. I was hoping Ben would’ve added some experiences with that he had with his grandpa but he stayed to the script. Joseph played the guitar and sing a musical number when I get to heaven that seemed a little bit irreverent, but fitting for the kind of guy that Phil was, grandpa was .
We were able to go down after the funeral weekend to help clean things up around the house and help the Aunts and uncles clean things up a little bit - making it more comfortable for uncle John— but the sad thing was uncle John started going way downhill and it’s not looking like he will be around too much longer
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