Awake: 5:40am Temp 32
sleep 6+12 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
Kathy made pumpkin
bread last evening & (16) deviled 1/2eggs this morning as her share of the homemade food that will be contributed to the
luncheon held @ the church hall following Anna's burial here in Nicktown.
The
Mass & homily for Anna, plus the beautiful music chosen & played by
professionals as well as Anna's grandson, Alex, made it nearly impossible to
keep dry eyes. I especially enjoyed hearing Father Paul's homily & his rendition
of how Anna bossed him around when she was in charge of caring for the linens
& altar for their church.
After Mass, we followed the crowd to Anna's grave
site, said some more prayers, & said our goodbyes.
Slowly the church hall
filled up with a lot of locals & a lot of out-of-towners. My sister,
Corinne, came in from Pittsburgh
& my brother, Don, & his wife, Josie, came in from Ebensburg. There
were many people I knew & many people I knew but couldn't remember their
names; somehow they knew my name.
Anyway, the ladies of St. Nicholas church who
prepare & serve a wonderful luncheon offer a venue to help the grieving
family & friends forget their sorrow for a short time as they gather to
reminisce, share stories, laugh, eat, & enjoy each others fellowship.
I followed Don & Josie to take care of some business while Corinne drove
Kathy back to our property.
We had invited several people to stop over &
view our Big Build; besides Corinne, Tom, Dawn, Marian, Doug, Chris, Tim,
Larry, Florence, & later, Don,
& Josie stopped by. Of course, I was there also & surprised to see so many people. We stood outside of the Big
Build, talking, telling stories, & laughing for at least an hour until the
cold wind blew us to go our separate ways.
Lights out: 11:56pm.
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