Possible trigger warning (not putting in regular codes, just a heads up for loss):

Thanks for the pocket riders. Survived the memorial OK. Saw some people I hadn't seen in like 20 years--good to see a couple of them (and likewise), less so for the others. Could tell my aunt and cousin really appreciated my being there, even though I felt I didn't say the right things. Did some shot of some sort of...cherry whiskey? or something like that...which my uncle used to drink along with many other attendees in a toast to him. Parents didn't comment on my having 2 beers and a shot (was over course of 3 hours), so that's progress, I think (years ago, my mom would have freaked out if I'd had two sips of beer because of a DWI 14 y ago...). So, glad I went, even though I did get weepy about my grandmother (who passed about 5 years ago) with my Dad, and he started feeling sad about his late parents. But I guess one loss brings up other ones....I mean, I even mentioned to my dad how MC's wife's death dredged up unresolved stuff about my grandmother... really wished they'd had a funeral or at least a celebration of life for her (my grandmother) to give some sort of closure...