Well, this is 101! But I wanted to mark the 100th post of my blog. HAPPY 100 POSTS!
Anyway, today we went to a funeral at T's old church - the one that T's family still attends. I won't go into a lot of detail but I forgot how much brainwashing and fear tactics churches put on people. It really frightens me and I am so glad that I have found my own way.
Anyway, I was glad that we were there for Linda. One thing that I certainly cannot imagine - nor do I want to - is losing a parent. I feel so fortunate to have all of my biological Grandparents still living and I expect my parents to do the same! ;) But, like I said, I am glad we were there for Linda. I really have a lot of respect and love for her and hated to see her go through something like this. From the way it sounds, he died peacefully. He had a great day celebrating his nephews birthday, went to his RV to head to bed and died. His nephew (or son, not sure which one) found him about 30 minutes later. One thing the pastor/minister guy said that actually DID make sense to me is this truth - life is short, live it (well, he didn't really say live it, he said something about finding Jesus or something but I say live it!).
We went to lunch with Lauren afterwards and then picked up Tay. As soon as we got home, I did the finishing touches on the house for Mom's visit tomorrow. T and Tay helped me with outdoor chores. We sat outside by the chiminea for a bit and now she is in the bath. We decided bath tonight would be better than wrangling her for a bath tomorrow before picking up Mom around 10. So this will definitely make it easier. You Moms know how it goes. They don't want a bath and you have to battle that until, finally, they make it in the tub and don't want to get out. Not enough time tomorrow to do that choreography.
I am absolutely exhausted and ready for bed. I bet these eyes won't be open for another hour. Tomorrow will be a fun day. Tay and I will pick up Mom and then we are heading to JC Penny to pick up a wedding gift for Sunday. Then lunch at one of my favorite Tucson Mexican joints - LeRua's. From there we will be playing it by ear for the remainder of the weekend - ending with T and I going to a wedding Sunday evening.
For now I will sign off! Have a great Friday. Remember to LIVE LIFE!
2 comments:
I am with you on the religion thing. My husband's grandfather passed in January and his grandparents are members of the Roman Catholic Church or "the old church". The ceremony was so distracting with all of the lighting of the incense and hymns in latin that midway through and even though the casket was directly in front of me I forgot why I was there. I thought a funeral was a celebration and tribute to someone's life. At least that is how it is in my family. Have a nice visit with your Mom!
Heh KID..we were sorry to hear about Linda's loss..please extend our condolences. So, 100 installments and we were there!! Congradulations..well written. I'm an avid reader and number one fan..keep up the good work! It's Spring here in your hometown..jets are filling the skies in preparation for Thunder and Derby festivities will soon began..aaats..DAD
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