Iv left asking this question rather late. Mainly because I just don't want Monday to come. I want to pull the duvet over my head and stay there. My most wonderful beloved uncle is about to be buried. I would like to say something at the service. Nothing complex or two long because I will loose control and cry. My husband will do it if I'm distraught. I would like something short because I'd like to add a personal sentence at the end. It's really something to start with. A poem or saying. My difficulty is that he was a larger than life character and written down in words it sounds derogatory. He drank..a lot he smoked ...a lot, he swore...a lot. He never ate a healthy thing in his life, he paid a heavy price for for all the above. I asked a few months before he died if he would change anything ( he was suffering very badly by this stage and on oxygen 24/7 he couldn't walk more than a dozen steps.) He told me no life's for living and I lived it up. he was faithful to his wife for over 50 years . He was a loving and generous father and an indulgent grandfather. He adored his extended family He was generous...to a fault, he could be called on day or night to get you out of a jam. If he loved you, you knew without a doubt that you were loved. He really believed that we his family were the most amazing people, he thought we were beautiful
( most of us aren't) clever(even less of aren't) his pride in us could be embarrassing. So any suggestions about how to convey all of this gratefully received. Sorry for the ramble but I could have carried on all day listing all this mans wonderful characteristics but I'd bore you. Bye the bye he knew how we felt about him. So there is no guilt just sorrow that he has gone. 
