tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post483579707372897506..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: The last songRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-6802226926151216462010-06-02T10:30:13.298+01:002010-06-02T10:30:13.298+01:00Thanks everyone.
xThanks everyone.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73881866880535030612010-06-01T21:38:18.575+01:002010-06-01T21:38:18.575+01:00Sorry I missed this. I always loved that song ever...Sorry I missed this. I always loved that song ever since I first saw the film in '68. It must have been a lovely moment at the funeral.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67807783281262402282010-05-24T14:57:35.849+01:002010-05-24T14:57:35.849+01:00Ah, Roxana...I feel you are giving me too much cre...Ah, Roxana...I feel you are giving me too much credit for something!<br /><br />But nice to read you all anyway.<br />xxRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73563991319047455532010-05-24T13:58:29.102+01:002010-05-24T13:58:29.102+01:00i'll photograph all the pink roses in my mothe...i'll photograph all the pink roses in my mother's garden (she loves them as well) and send them to you -<br />i don't know what to say - i am in awe of your grace and courageRoxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-60512056887563954192010-05-21T11:43:00.655+01:002010-05-21T11:43:00.655+01:00My heart aches for you right now. I love 'Who ...My heart aches for you right now. I love 'Who Will Buy?' I was a soloist in the school choir in Year 10 and my music teacher loved 'Who Will Buy?' She became very ill and had to retire and I sang the song at her farewell. I am still very fond of it.<br /><br />Thinking of you XXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-5598871371855819762010-05-21T08:25:43.567+01:002010-05-21T08:25:43.567+01:00My thoughts are with you. I'm afraid when I re...My thoughts are with you. I'm afraid when I read your Bus poem, I skipped to the poem, so missed the most important news. That's teach me not to speed-read blogs. <br /><br />As I experienced it, losing a parent is like losing a limb.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-74137735064994471782010-05-21T08:20:01.758+01:002010-05-21T08:20:01.758+01:00I love the song, Rachel, and the story of how it c...I love the song, Rachel, and the story of how it came about is 'magic'...<br />The day sounds lovely...take care.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15171959992361238042010-05-21T07:01:54.228+01:002010-05-21T07:01:54.228+01:00Thank-you all for calling by. We had a brilliant d...Thank-you all for calling by. We had a brilliant day in many ways - sunshine, lots of lovely people (friends, family, Quakers, neighbours...), roses (although the song is about red ones Mum liked pink ones best so we had pink) and great food (some ordered, some made, some brought by guests). I put lots of photos of Mum in her sitting room and we had her bedroom all ready so people could go and sit in there for quiet time too. It was all lovely. Wish she could have seen it all of course.<br /><br />As for the rose, Karen...you're about right there. I kept poems out of the funeral really as Mum wasn't a particular poetry fan (though she liked Shakespeare plus some Edward Thomas, some Muriel Spark, some Ted Hughes - the last three partly because they linked with her own life story in some way). I do of course have lots of poems about her though - she was a very strong character, my only parent for most of my life, a person with a great life story - and so how could I not write about her? There is a rose poem all about her <a href="http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2009/08/rose-alone.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and I did consider using it at the funeral in some way...but I decided against it. I'm not sure she would have liked it much and I wanted all things she would have liked on that day (so I wrote her a biography and handed that out instead). She loved biographies.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-34341339371025910002010-05-21T00:08:04.661+01:002010-05-21T00:08:04.661+01:00How beautiful, Rachel. It is as if a life is being...How beautiful, Rachel. It is as if a life is being symbolized in that sweet red rose. <br />xoxoKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-31550244842411749012010-05-19T23:53:11.622+01:002010-05-19T23:53:11.622+01:00I'm glad your Mum left you with a song and a l...I'm glad your Mum left you with a song and a lovely memory to go with it. Just like a mother, always trying to point out exactly what we should do. :)<br /><br />You're in my thoughts, friend.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-16383697189571556452010-05-19T21:09:17.446+01:002010-05-19T21:09:17.446+01:00What more could anyone want than to end one's ...What more could anyone want than to end one's life feeling it had been filled with such warm good feelings, it must be a great comfort to you. <br />much love and deepest sympathies<br />martinemartinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78008714158024939092010-05-19T12:53:08.301+01:002010-05-19T12:53:08.301+01:00Such a lovely story, Rachel, and the song is perfe...Such a lovely story, Rachel, and the song is perfect. Good luck today, XErylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-74117628717344079582010-05-19T12:16:01.033+01:002010-05-19T12:16:01.033+01:00That's a wonderful story, beautiful and sad, h...That's a wonderful story, beautiful and sad, haven't heard that song since my childhood. All the best for today. xxMarion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-18342954279520016242010-05-19T12:15:58.116+01:002010-05-19T12:15:58.116+01:00What a fabulous memory for you to have of her! You...What a fabulous memory for you to have of her! You will treasure it always.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20284241941159678132010-05-19T11:55:30.938+01:002010-05-19T11:55:30.938+01:00How sad and how wonderful.How fitting.Perfect.How sad and how wonderful.How fitting.Perfect.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64242596260174163512010-05-19T09:35:32.799+01:002010-05-19T09:35:32.799+01:00I know! Wasn't she clever to pick it?
Now I m...I know! Wasn't she clever to pick it?<br /><br />Now I must sort food things and people things and think about what the heck I'm going to wear. Luckily I have a stylish friend staying - maybe she can do something with me.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67375463176792018802010-05-19T09:19:52.725+01:002010-05-19T09:19:52.725+01:00Oh Rachel, how appropriate. An utterly joyous son...Oh Rachel, how appropriate. An utterly joyous song that always makes me cry.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59262532218596127842010-05-19T08:52:08.238+01:002010-05-19T08:52:08.238+01:00That's beautiful Rachel, and what a great song...That's beautiful Rachel, and what a great song. <br /><br />Good luck today.Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.com