Thanks for the advice everybody.
In the end I didn't have to say anything. I walked in an my friend broke out from the receiving line and gave me a big bear hug and said it was good to see me. I just about fell apart then and and he was the one buoying my spirits.
Anyways it was a lovely service with lots of funny and bawdy stories to tell about her. I was struck by how many strangers had the same feelings about her that I did.
Today's Life lesson: Don't let funerals be the only times you see the people you care about.
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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