Robin,
    Thanks so much for your kind words.  Actually I feel comfort in the fact 
that all things happen as they should, and all things in the Universe unfold 
in the proper sequence.  He asked that he be creamated, so the fact that the 
people didn't handle things 'properly', I'm still greatful that I went there. 
If not I would not have seen him at all.  Looking back, I could see that 
there was a lot of greaving on the part of the staff also.......having been 
in the medical field for as long as I have been, I know what it's like for a 
long time resident to pass to the world beyond.  So the fact that I miss my 
Father terribly, is really secondary to the fact that all things happened as 
they should.  This week they will send his remains to me, and as I travel 
from spot to spot he asked that he be placed at 'the lakes'.  So each and 
every lake that I can recall that we fished at when I was a kid, he will be 
placed.  He suffers no longer, and where he is, he will no longer have to 
worry about taking a day off to go fishing.  Still each and every Father's 
Day, selfishly I'll have to shead a tear for my loss, since that's the day he 
died.
                                            Patti
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