Eulogy Sample - My Wife

She was still lying on the bed sleeping, although it was late in the morning.  She seemed depressed and unhappy yesterday. I had my bouts with such states of mind in past years, and found the best way to manage that was to keep moving.  Go to sleep at a reasonable hour, wake up early and rested and do what you have to do. Then, after a while, you will feel better and everything is ok.

So, I shook her shoulder gently and said "Get up, wake up, let's do something." After no response I tried again, this time a little louder.  "Get up." No response. I shook her shoulder a little harder, trying to coax her into a sitting up position.  A little louder still I said "Get UP" with some humor. She curled tighter into the blanket and seemed to be shaking. I moved my face towards hers, close to hers, after removing the blanket away from her head.

She was crying! I was so upset because I was trying to cheer her out of depression and somehow had made her cry. Later we resolved the issue. Her English being very basic, she had misunderstood my words, and thought I had said "GET OUT!"  We had been living together for just a few days after dating in her hometown last month, and she was lonely, and missed her family.  This anecdote is a story my wife often told others with laughter and joy as we got to know and love each other over the years.  Her story always ended with one of us enjoining at the end: NOT GET OUT, GET UP!!, and as her Thai friends understood the English confusion we would all break out in gales of laughter.

My wife, some would say, was a hot head drama queen, and quite neurotic. In fact I've said it, many times.  I would tell her 'You're very neurotic".  And she would reply, what's nautic? I would get the Thai-English dictionary out and show her. She would either hit me with the dictionary or agree, depending on her mood. In fact my wife was probably much more emotionally balanced than me in most ways. 

Her temper could flare if she perceived a slight but the flare was short and extinguished quickly, followed by tenderness and a persistent discussion and investigation until understanding was reached. 

She loved her family and her family loved her, and nothing else mattered.