My eulogy from last night: I thought about writing a eulogy, but I thought it more appropriate to stand up here today and share with you all my newly compiled list of my dad’s top 100 corny jokes that he peppered into every conversation. (I hope you packed a lunch.) As many of you know, the first words out of my dad’s mouth when meeting someone came with a two-hand handshake of presidential importance and the catchphrase: “Danny Sullivan; damn glad to meet ya.” We’re here today to say goodbye to that great, funny, generous man. That man who was as incredible of a friend as he was a father, brother, and uncle—who’s love won’t ever pale through the tides of time. That man who was larger than life. That man who did absolutely anything for anyone. People often jokingly say that the mark of a good person is when you tell them to jump and they say “how high?” Not him. If you asked him to jump he was already two feet in the air, asking “this okay? Or do you need it a little higher? Because that’s no problem.” That man who referred to his good deeds as acts that would go towards “feathering his nest in heaven.” I hope that gigantic nest is still allowing you visitors up there, big guy. I know you’re all hurting. Believe me, I know. But as my dad would say, take it easy on the grief. Celebrate him. Talk to him. Drink to him. Pray for him. Never stop loving or thinking about him—because he’s around. He’s here in this room, within your hearts, holding his memories together with gilded thread. We can all keep his legacy alive by doing a few, simple things. Love without limits. Never let the people that you love go a day without hearing it from you. Refer to EVERYONE as babe—friends, family, cashiers, gas station attendants. Everyone. Live without regrets or fear. Root for the phils, for Christ’s sake. Do no harm, but take no crap. Call it “gravy,” not “sauce.” Dissolve the feuds in your life that make loving harder, and cling to your livelihood with the power and brightness of a million suns, the same way he did. Like all things, Dad, the beginning and the end are the same in this beautiful, unfair, immense, tumultuous circle of life— Danny Sullivan... damn glad to meet ya.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 16:02:58 +0000
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