With Apologies to the Kind Bagpipe Player

Read no further if you love the sound of bagpipes. Or you play the bagpipes.

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So many people are just incredibly kind and thoughtful and want to do anything they can to help with my brother's memorial service or whatever will ease our burdens. I am so grateful for people's kindness and generosity, but planning a memorial service is not the most cheery of activities and sometimes you just need a break. Today a dear friend texted me with a few updates on things she was helping with, and the last one was, "Someone has offered to play Amazing Grace on the bagpipes either before or during the service. What should I tell him?"

Major, major, much-needed belly-laughs for me! (See, I don't need to worry about offending bagpipe-lovers because if you are still reading, you can't say I didn't warn you!)

I texted back that this was such a kind offer, but we needed to politely decline.

And then I thought to myself, "If there's anything that would make me feel worse than I already do, it's bagpipes!"

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!