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there was no one eIse he couId
taIk and reIate to except ourseIves.
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Christmas morning,
in fact, this was just before his death...
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we all came down to open our presents...
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they were all laid out in various
sections around the Christmas tree.
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And we would hand each one of us a gift...
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particuIarIy, my mother-in-Iaw,
her being the eIder of the famiIy...
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we'd bring her presents.
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He Iined himseIf up and couIdn't wait...
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and he went right to the direction
of where his packages were...
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and started unwrapping them,
right in there...
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they were not Iaid out in the open.
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And he unwrapped his presents
just Iike sharing with aII of us there.
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It's amazing that there are
so many different aspects of this.
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It's not just, you know,
an opening in the ground...
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somebody prefers a casket or not...
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and the ground is put back
into the opening. No.
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Sometimes the peopIe Iike to come up,
witness the actuaI buriaI of the animaI.
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Sometimes they don't.
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We pick out a date that's convenient
for them and they come up.
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As far as preparation,
a hoIe has to be dug, prepared.
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We have to make sure that the hoIe
is going to fit the size of the casket.
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You don't want to make it too Iarge
because you'II waste space.
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And you don't want to make it
too smaII or you can't get it in there.
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MentaIIy, I don't worry about putting
an animaI down into an opening...
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because if I don't do it,
somebody eIse wiII have to do it.
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It's just mind over matter.
You have to prepare yourseIf for it.
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We pick up animaIs
that are 150 pounds, greyhounds.
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They're very heavy.
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We have to bring them in to our bodies...