Letters to the Editor

How to eulogize the dad no one likes? My friend's father is just one more reason feminism exists -- but can we say that? By Cary Tennis [2007-01-31]

• my two cents

  Excellent advice, Cary.

  I have another suggestion. Ask all your relatives - at least the ones who are not estranged - to come up with just one positive thing about your dad. String these together, and add the autobiographical stuff like education, job, etc. and you'll have enough. A eulogy doesn't need to be long, just semi-sincere sounding. (I read an article shortly after Saddam's death in which someone managed to come up with a few positive attributes for the man.)

  My granny's children did this at her funeral. But then she was a pillar of the church, a fabulous mom, etc. Still, no one is all bad. We all have demons we struggle with. And death tends to sanitize the past remarkably.

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