21 Things About Dad

To celebrate his 100th birthday, I decided to write 21 things about Dad, sharing a little of his story.

It’s a mega-thread!

There may be only 21 things, but they take 91 tweets to tell!

It’s an easy read though, promise. A few smiles and maybe a couple of tears along the way.

Click on the tweet below to read it on twitter. Twitter is more ‘alive’ but also you’ll need to click ‘read replies’ every now and then to get the whole thing.

OR scroll down to the PDF reader underneath, zoom in a little, and enjoy.

xx

21 Things About Dad

And here’s the postcript, tweet 91.

Gloria Minghella Obituary

Heartfelt thanks to all who attended the funeral and sent flowers.

It was a beautiful, sad day, and a fitting tribute to Gloria in the church (St Mary’s, Ryde) where she married in 1950, and where we were all christened, confirmed and confessed.

Among the remarkable contributions were soprano Mary Plazas’ Ave Maria, Philip Andrews’ journey from Rome to participate at the altar, and my own sister Edana’s lead on Amazing Grace.  My personal and heartfelt thanks to them and to the many others who worked to make the day just perfect for Mum.

Our apologies and thanks to those who had to stand for such a long service.

The collection in church raised very substantial sums for both church funds and one of Mum’s favourite charities, the Motor Neurone Disease Association – of which Mum was IW President. Thank you for your amazing generosity.

There have been many touching tributes to Mum in person, by post, on television and across the internet and social media.  Thank you.

Here is her obituary from The Telegraph.

Gloria Telegraph

There is also an obituary in The Times (www.thetimes.co.uk) – you will need a subscription.

Gloria Minghella

Devastated to have to report the loss of my extraordinary Mum, Gloria, who died earlier today.

It has been a day of total heartbreak – and of much counting of blessings.  Her warmth, her love, her intelligence, her grace, her delicious turn of phrase….  It’s a long and wonderful list.

You can imagine our pain.  You cannot imagine our pride.

Gloria Minghella

Please leave your memories of Gloria at minghella.com/gloria.