I have to do a reading at Grandma Cox's funeral on Thursday morning.  The pastor said it could be a poem, scripture or something else.
I have no idea what to say.  Any suggestions? PLEASE!  They picked me since I am the oldest grandchild.

http://www.legacy.com/Louisville/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=
852113

I've read many, cs. This one was the most touching and most beautiful of all I read:

Of Our Grandmother, Mother, Friend

What can I say, or any of us,
to one such as you?
A lover so steady, constant, full,
and fully beautiful in her loving.
You have been loving me my entire life.
A love like that,
a flowering vine throughout the garden of my soul.
From early on my little eyes could see
how you delighted in loving me,
delighted in loving.

What could I say?
I have only to allow my heart to express,
the fountain that has grown
from the ocean of your compassion and caring.
These moments have only one guide: "letting go."
This, to be the one quality holding us
so that the gems of our love for you
can be fully seen,
shining through our most precious feelings,
all we say, all moments,
when no words are used to convey
the depths of the embrace your presence is in our lives.

Upon good fortune all my living rested,
to have you here.
May the blessings be
forever with you,
as you for us, and me.

What do I want to say?
Grandmother, I have said it.
Now is for loving you.
Now, is for loving you,
touching you, as your preciousness lives on with me.
What a sweet gift to be graced by one such as you.
How to impart the beauty you are,
what you mean to me?

From across a continent,
your face, as clear and fresh as the roses in this garden,
your soul as bright as the Sun's
dancing diamond-light on the water.
So clearly, I see you.
How can I let you know what beauty you hold?
What mirror am I, for you--Grandmother?

I pray you breathe these coming breaths
in the knowing and feeling of our love,
in the richness--the gift of your being here,
in receiving, truly receiving all
in which you are so lovingly held.
I pray we breathe with you, those breaths that bless.

Your freedom calls, and it is imminent,
this celebration--a celebration of your life,
and life has many, many colors.
Let us live those colors
in a freedom that needs no permission
to live its essence tangibly, here,
everything from apathy to ecstasy,
colors in that display.
Let us not hold back anything,
for it all is a reaching,
a call for, or an expression of
life experiencing itself through us.

How to show you the beauty, I see you be?
You will know in the moment of your release.
God sees you through all loving!
Through "all loving," God sees you, holds you.
Fall into that Embrace...

I can only love you and allow you on your journey.
We are always together.

You are very loved
Blessings on your journey
beloved one,
my dear, dear Grandmother...

                                    Written by: "Michael"

Methinks it doesn't matter what you say, as long as it is from the heart :)  Better to stumble and stutter and be sincere, than to have all the soul sucked away through relentless preparation :)

You'll do well.  I'm sure she'll appreciate it.

I'm sorry for my faux pas...I've never been to a funeral before :-/

I hope my post was met with good faith though :-/

cs,
   Unfortunately, I have experience with funerals. At my Dad's memorial service I had written a letter to him. "Dear Daddy, today I am meant to say goodbye......blah blah blah. I talked about memories and stuff.
This is what I put on the back of the "handout" at my Mom's memorial service:

When tomorrow starts without me and I am not there to see,
if the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say.
I know how much you love me, as much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me, please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name, and took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready, in Heaven far above,
and that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love.
But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for, so much yet left to do,
It seemed almost impossible, that I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays, the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had,
If I could relive yesterday, just even for awhile,
I'd say goodbye and kiss you and maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized, that this could never be,
For emptiness and memories would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things, I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did, my heart was filled with sorrow.
But when I walked through Heaven's gates, I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me, from his great golden thrown,
He said, "This is eternity, and all I've promised you.
Today your life on Earth is past, but here life starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow, but today will always last,
And since each day's the same way, there's no longing for the past.
You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true.
Though there were some times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven and now at last you're free.
Won't you come and take my hand and share my life with me?"
So when tomorrow starts without me, don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me, I'm right here in your heart.
(author unknown)

Well, I made it through a poem, a song, and a scripture reading.
I think I did ok.  
Thanks for helping me out - I really appreciate it!