Funerals - Page 9

JoshuaTree · 04-23-2010, 12:19 AM

A topic that I have intimate familiarity with - now just over two years to the day...

I lost my friend Amanda in a single vehicle (i.e. motorcycle) wreck. She was riding on the back of someone's bike - getting a ride home from work, and the details are not really known, but she died.

Her father and mother, while not "anti-motorcycle" were not really crazy about them or her riding on one. I knew this, yet I also knew Amanda's thoughts on how to live your life.

I took my truck to the funeral (I was giving a ride to another of Amanda's friends), but rode to the 'after party'. Her husband rides, and for the first time that day, when he saw me ride up - he smiled. I'm told that before I got there, that the gathering was maudlin in tone - after I rode up and stayed a while, it turned into the sort of gathering that Amanda would have insisted on. Live life as if every day was your last - some day you'll be right.

I knew that Amanda would have wanted me to ride, and for Brad to keep on riding as well. A week after she passed, Brad climbed back on his bike for the first time, and rode with me to get dinner on my birthday.

I live so that I can ride. I ride so that I can live.

"Love Much, Laugh Often". Yes Amanda, I obey.

Gas Man · 04-24-2010, 09:27 PM

Great F'in post Josh!!

racedoll · 04-24-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshuaTree

A topic that I have intimate familiarity with - now just over two years to the day...

I lost my friend Amanda in a single vehicle (i.e. motorcycle) wreck. She was riding on the back of someone's bike - getting a ride home from work, and the details are not really known, but she died.

Her father and mother, while not "anti-motorcycle" were not really crazy about them or her riding on one. I knew this, yet I also knew Amanda's thoughts on how to live your life.

I took my truck to the funeral (I was giving a ride to another of Amanda's friends), but rode to the 'after party'. Her husband rides, and for the first time that day, when he saw me ride up - he smiled. I'm told that before I got there, that the gathering was maudlin in tone - after I rode up and stayed a while, it turned into the sort of gathering that Amanda would have insisted on. Live life as if every day was your last - some day you'll be right.

I knew that Amanda would have wanted me to ride, and for Brad to keep on riding as well. A week after she passed, Brad climbed back on his bike for the first time, and rode with me to get dinner on my birthday.

I live so that I can ride. I ride so that I can live.

"Love Much, Laugh Often". Yes Amanda, I obey.

Something along these lines is what I suggest. I rode to calling hours once with a group to a friend/co-worker that died on a motorcycle. The family took it as a respect, but it was calling hours. Had it been the funeral, I would have been in a dress and in the car.

Gas Man · 04-25-2010, 05:32 AM

Calling hours?

Is tt some wierd term for public viewing?

Cutty72 · 04-25-2010, 07:38 AM

Older term for the wake/prayer service/viewing. Generally done the day prior to the funeral.

racedoll · 04-25-2010, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

Calling hours?

Is tt some wierd term for public viewing?

Not sure about it being a weird term, it's what we say in this area. But yes, it is more or less public viewing.

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

Older term for the wake/prayer service/viewing. Generally done the day prior to the funeral.

Are you calling me old?

OneSickPsycho · 04-25-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by racedoll

Not sure about it being a weird term, it's what we say in this area. But yes, it is more or less public viewing.

Are you calling me old?

Quite common in OH... That's what we've always called it.... And that's what the obits usually say...

OneSickPsycho · 04-25-2010, 10:31 AM

Reading back through... "Bike is my only transport" thing is a BS excuse. What, you wouldn't know anyone else going to the funeral? And let's say you didn't... You wouldn't know anyone else that could drive you there? Are there no taxi cabs in your town?

Amorok · 04-25-2010, 01:36 PM

If the family doesn't want me to ride I wont. A funeral is about respect for the family, not about making a statement.

Gas Man · 04-25-2010, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by racedoll

Not sure about it being a weird term, it's what we say in this area. But yes, it is more or less public viewing.

Are you calling me old?

So I guess you are old and wierd.

04-23-2010, 12:19 AM	#81
JoshuaTree DILLIGAF? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, Texas, USA, Earth, Sol, Western Spiral Arm, Milky Way Moto: 1993 K75SA Posts: 483	A topic that I have intimate familiarity with - now just over two years to the day... I lost my friend Amanda in a single vehicle (i.e. motorcycle) wreck. She was riding on the back of someone's bike - getting a ride home from work, and the details are not really known, but she died. Her father and mother, while not "anti-motorcycle" were not really crazy about them or her riding on one. I knew this, yet I also knew Amanda's thoughts on how to live your life. I took my truck to the funeral (I was giving a ride to another of Amanda's friends), but rode to the 'after party'. Her husband rides, and for the first time that day, when he saw me ride up - he smiled. I'm told that before I got there, that the gathering was maudlin in tone - after I rode up and stayed a while, it turned into the sort of gathering that Amanda would have insisted on. Live life as if every day was your last - some day you'll be right. I knew that Amanda would have wanted me to ride, and for Brad to keep on riding as well. A week after she passed, Brad climbed back on his bike for the first time, and rode with me to get dinner on my birthday. I live so that I can ride. I ride so that I can live. "Love Much, Laugh Often". Yes Amanda, I obey. __________________ "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Learn to do the counter-intuitive things that may one day save your ass..." "... Love Much, Laugh Often..." - Amanda Kay Corso (January 18, 1980 - April 15, 2008)

04-24-2010, 09:27 PM	#82
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04-25-2010, 01:36 PM	#89
Amorok Issukangitok Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Biloxi, MS Moto: '06 Suzuki Boulevard C50T Posts: 2,225	If the family doesn't want me to ride I wont. A funeral is about respect for the family, not about making a statement. __________________ What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming around, and sometimes you are what's coming around. You see what I mean?

04-25-2010, 05:32 AM	#84
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Calling hours? Is tt some wierd term for public viewing?

04-25-2010, 10:31 AM	#88
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	Reading back through... "Bike is my only transport" thing is a BS excuse. What, you wouldn't know anyone else going to the funeral? And let's say you didn't... You wouldn't know anyone else that could drive you there? Are there no taxi cabs in your town?