I wanted to comment on "An Early Goodbye". This was sung at my son's funeral. I had not heard of it before that. MY son died at 26, of a drug overdose. Since they were at Lake Powell, in an obscure canyon, there was no way to get him to help but to load him into the ski boat and head for the marina. The whole way, which took about an hour, my other two sons did CPR and my daughters watching helplessly. It was impossible to see God's hand in that. I think that is why this song was actually painful to hear sung at his funeral. In the case of a child dying of illness, or something where the hand of God can be seen in it, I think it might be comforting, but in the case of my son's death, I would have preferred to not have heard it.
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noelaniAugust 22, 2013
I wanted to comment on "An Early Goodbye". This was sung at my son's funeral. I had not heard of it before that. MY son died at 26, of a drug overdose. Since they were at Lake Powell, in an obscure canyon, there was no way to get him to help but to load him into the ski boat and head for the marina. The whole way, which took about an hour, my other two sons did CPR and my daughters watching helplessly. It was impossible to see God's hand in that. I think that is why this song was actually painful to hear sung at his funeral. In the case of a child dying of illness, or something where the hand of God can be seen in it, I think it might be comforting, but in the case of my son's death, I would have preferred to not have heard it.
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