Yesterday was my brother's funeral. Just about everyone who came in for the funeral have gone home. I'll have lots to share over the next few posts. I'm heading to New Orleans tomorrow for the weekend and then I'll return here on Sunday night for a week--I had already scheduled to be here next week.
But I just wanted to share a few things I've heard.
First from my grandmother. There is a song from the musical Avenue Q called "Everyone is a little bit racist." Well that is true for my grandmother. A few days ago her 72 year old niece offered her some coffee to which she responded "no it will turn me black." Apparently this is something that they both heard as children. Then her sister was telling a story about a wreck that she witnessed in her front yard, where the driver climbed out of the driver's seat and switched with the passenger who was less drunk than the driver. My grandmother asked "Were they black or white?" How is that information at all important?
Then my father. My sister-in-law is Catholic and is raising the children as Catholics. This has been a big deal for my Dad. There was this controversy because my s-in-l considered having the funeral at her Church. Then the meal after the funeral My Dad really did not want it to be at my s-in-l's church but instead at he and my mother's church. THE CHURCHES ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ONE ANOTHER--IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR!!! But anyway not the point of the story just background. A pastor friend of our families came from North Carolina to do the funeral. The day before the funeral my Dad was telling him that Shirley was Catholic but she was a Christian Catholic. What?!?!?
Crazy!!!!
I'm glad to be going to be with people who think a little bit differently.
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