Remembering a great man && a minor mishap

Hey readers,

I hope everyone enjoyed their Saturday - it was a beautiful one after all

Sadly, my husband and I attended a funeral today for his great uncle. He sounded like a great man and I only wish I had the pleasure of getting to see him more often. From the words spoken by others he was a kind man who loved his family and family time dearly. Teaching them lessons that we would want any father to teach their children:

- lessons of loyalty and kindness
- of trust and following through with what they say
- putting your mind to the things you believe in and the things you want to be, you could do whatever it is you want to do in life 
- of working hard and of having faith

He was a great man who will be greatly missed. His memory will live on in those of the family members that loved him and held him so dearly to their hearts and in the friends that cherished him all the days of his life

RIP Pete - may you rest in peace, always <3

I was telling my husband before the events of the day that funerals seem to go by in such a blur or maybe that has just been my account of them. 

From the viewing - to the funeral home - to the church - and then the final resting place to be buried - it just all goes by so quickly. Almost in the blink of an eye.

And you are in a state of shock during most of it - I think that is why in between each funeral to the next I don't really remember how the process goes because when you're going through it you almost can't believe you are. You seem to go through all the motions in a trance like state and before you know it the whole thing has ended. It will be forever a day you don't want to remember because it's one of the worst days of your life, to lose a loved one. So your mind just shuts that part out so your heart doesn't have to relive it.

It's such a sad thing - death and funerals in general. We hope they are in a better place after this life. A place where they are no longer in pain or suffering, a place they are no longer alone, or afraid of the end

The truth is what we already know - you only get one life - use it wisely - choose wisely and make smart decisions - don't waste it on anything, especially small, insignificant things such as grudges or fear or jealousy or any of the others factors that may try to stop you or hold you back from reaching your full potential. In the end you hold the power in your hands. This is your life, so live it - take control of it. 

Do good things not only for yourself but for others. Be kind, always. We need more kindness in the world. It's such a simple, commonsense thing to say / think but it's also one of those things that are easier said than done. 

I've always believed in smiling at people. Ever since I read a quote so many years ago about giving someone your smile because you never know of they will need it. It could mean so much to a person to have even the smallest act of kindness shown. We have no idea what someone on the street passing us by may be going through. But that smile could make a difference. A feeling of being noticed. 

Now the sad part to that is - is that we have so many people nowadays in the world who may take that the wrong way and try to harm you because of the act of showing some kindness. It's upsetting that it takes one person to ruin something. We hear on the news all the time about some young girl stopping to help a man who told her he lost his dog and she does it because her kind hearted soul wants to help or she believes the good in others, thinking she sees the innocent in them and then...she disappears as fast as she appeared before him.

Just remember to always be cautious around people and to watch your back - not everyone is a friend with pure intentions.

Allow me to pick you up after such sadness & share "a funny" with you :) this is my minor mishap

Picture this:
1. Getting to church and having to urinate like a race horse but their is a line to the women's room because there are only two stalls
2. Generously waiting until the end of the line has cleared before entering
3. Out of two stalls - one is still occupied - so you use the other
4. The smaller stall has almost no toilet paper left and the door doesn't lock
5. You have enough toilet paper to make a small bird's nest leaving a bit to...you know conduct yourself
6. Stressing out the entire time that someone is going to come in and swing your door open because it doesn't lock and you can't reach from the toilet to the door to hold it shut tight
7. Washing your hands and all that jazz obviously
8. Exiting the restroom and finding no one left standing in the hallway talking...
9. Your husband is standing by one of the back doors waving you in
10. Upon entering - the clicking of your high heel shoes makes so much noise on the ceramic tile that it echos through the recently quieted church (where everyone is standing)
11. Every - single - person turns to look at the noise maker as they enter the church
12. You cursing yourself in your head even though it's not entirely your fault and then apologizing to God for swearing in your mind in his house
13. To turning to face the direction everyone else has no turned to face and realizing that the reason they all looked at you in the first place was because when you were noisily entering the church they were rolling the gasket down the aisle in silence
14. Double cursing at the realization of this and then apologizing yet again for my actions

Yeah...talk about embarrassing. If there was ever a time when you wanted to bury your head in the sand like that of an ostrich once an embarrassing had came and went - yeah this one was definitely up there in the books. I could feel that my eyebrows were raised so high that they had gotten caught in my hairline when I saw everyone turned to look at me. And thank goodness that I was wearing a mask because behind that mask my jaw was completely hanging wide open. 

Oy vey! You can dress this girl up but you really can't take her anywhere LOL!!!

Moments like these always seem to follow me. 

Have a great night everyone && ta-ta for now!

Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya!