Went to the funeral of a remarkable man who died too young. He liked a particular movie. Music from it featured at the service. I watched the movie again. It revolves around a historical event and focuses on creativity, determination, daring, and heart. Just like the man whose life we gave thanks for this morning.
Alfred Hitchcock’s comedy/mystery The Trouble With Harry. Harry didn’t seem to be a good man, but he did prove hard to keep down. Jennifer Rogers (Shirley MacLaine) : I’ve never been to a home-made funeral before. Capt. Wiles (Edmund Gwenn) : I have … it’s my third. All in one day…
Today was the first time I saw this apparatus on which a coffin is placed in order to be lowered into a grave. Apparently it’s safer that the ground-level apparatus they formerly used. I suppose the big city cemeteries have been using these for years. (I imagine they’d also hinder any folk who might be …
A funeral for a Christian man, whose life was the aroma of Jesus. At the graveside his family were given sprigs of rosemary, the herb of remembrance, to cast in the grave. Holding the herb, squeezing it gently, breathing in the herbaceous sweet woody aroma provided a pause to collect final memories of this man, …
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