This was the concluding anecdote from a family tribute delivered at a funeral I conducted last week:
One day Dad needed to go to town and pick up stuff for the farm. Mum also needed some groceries and had some bills to pay so they thought they should go together. Mum came outside and here is Dad waiting in the Ute but it was filthy dirty so Mum said “No I’m not going in that, it needs to be cleaned”. Surprisingly Dad agreed and when mum came back outside it was spotless. Off they went up to town and all around. Mum said it was funny, Dad’s driving, instead of going straight from shop to shop like normal he was going around blocks and zig zagging from here to there. When they stopped Dad was jumping out opening the door for Mum and helping her in and out of shops. Again – unusual behaviour for Dad. They even parked on the Main Street. Eventually they got it all done and returned [home] where Mum got out walked around and Dad’s behaviour was finally explained. He had only washed Mum’s side of the Ute!
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