Home Again..

I am safe at home in Alabama at home number 2 in Daphne. The funeral was beautiful. I know you are thinking, how can that be? It was a military funeral and they honored him in such a neat way. It was a 3 gun salute. Thank goodness they warned me before the shots were fired..I still about jumped out of my skin.It was fun to be with the relatives and cousins that I have not seen in a while. My aunt looked so precious. She was the wife of the uncle who died.She had on a black denim suit that my mom and aunt had made her several years ago. The best part of her outfit was the cute RED felt hat she wore. She looked rather festive to send off her man of 60 plus years. She is making plans to travel and get on the road to visit all of us she has not seen in a while. I hope she gets to do a lot, as she has been home with Uncle Shepp for a few years now.

The cousins first and second were well represented. It was great to catch up with them. The hunky Greg and his wife just returned from Israel. He had some great stories to share with us. His wife is charming and they now reside in Phoenix. I warned him I might come visit ,but not expect me to hike the Grand Canyon with him.

We met Daphne and Aunt Evelyn in the the airport and had a fun time talking .Uncle Ed and Uncle Buddy rode from the Coast together. It is a wonder they made it. They were acting like a couple of twelve year old boys together. We got on to them more than once for misbehaving. They left after the funeral to run an errand in Missouri for some bee making supplies. I kindly inquired why not order on the Internet and they just both started laughing at me.We stuck Uncle Ed with our breakfast check and Aunt Evelyn kindly bought our dinner one night . We had a great time reminiscing about old times and the tales get bigger every time we are together.

The Most fun part of the trip was traveling with my cousin Karen, Robert was about to kill us on the way home. We started playing this ,WHAT IF game and it got so funny. You guessed it, I wet my pants waiting for the plane in Memphis because Karen was mortified by the fact that I would rather have diabetes than be bald. She collapsed in the airport waiting area laughing so loud , I was sure they going to come and give us a Breathalyzer test. We were so giddy that this cute traveling man could not make eye contact with us because we had him laughing also. Why not be happy? It sure makes the time pass quickly.

I spent the night with Karen and saw her beautiful home that they just moved back in from Katrina. It was beautiful and they really made the best of losing everything they owned, but still felt it enhanced their life for the better and the lessons they learned were priceless and it was FAMILY that got them through.

Home Sweet Home for all of us and loving you from another city in LA..

Robin