My brother just died of brain cancer.

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157. About the eulogy...

I would suggest that you simply do a written one, and print it out, and hand a copy to each person that goes to the service. That way you basically don't have to stand there and try to speak while you are still in an emotional state. If you must speak, you could just tell one anecdote about your brother that is funny and will make everyone laugh, and then invite anyone who wants to, to come up and say any memory they have of him. As far as the written eulogy, I think you can simply write a brief biography of him, maybe include a few key photos from his life. I have recently done this for my mother, who is still living and not sick, but is 93 and of course I have no idea how much longer she will live. So I have this printed biography ready anyway. You do not need to do such an elaborate job as I did on it, in fact I have been working on it for almost 2 years. But even a simple 1-page summary of his life, with a few pictures, would be good to hand out to people who come to the service, and would make your job of delivering any live eulogy much easier. If you want to see what I did, you can download it now at http://fireworksland.com/misc/Pat.pdf (3 mb file)