Just some random thoughts - I guess I'm spiritual. But I couldn't describe that if both of our lives depended on it. Musing about the church thing today got me on that subject. And then an anniversary got me thinking more. I saw something on the Discovery Channel this morning about secret codes hidden in the Bible, and how "scholars" are on the verge of breaking the codes and knowing the future. What bushwah. I'm for science, not spooks & smoke.
The anniversary: Two years ago today, Grandma died. That's what we called my wife's mother, who was quite involved in raising our son. (All the grandparents were.) She loved cardinals (the birds, not the Catholic thing.) Her little house was full of figurines and stained glass and other cardinal bric-a-brac. She died basically of ROG syndrome (Ran Outta Gas). I was at the house to participate in the death thing, and making the immediate arrangements. A hospice nurse was there, so we didn't need to bother with the sheriff's office or the medical examiner. As the funeral home guys were wheeling her body up the long wheelchair ramp in front of the house, a beautiful male cardinal lit in a forsythia VERY close, and just started singing and singing. The cardinal kept it up until the hearse pulled out, and then flew away.
I don't know what to make of that.
Like I say, the older I get, the dumber I feel.
R
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What a lovely posting to read. I had to Google cardinals, as I had not heard of them. Loads of varieties and all so pretty.
I bet you can't hear one sing without thinking of Grandma.
"The cardinal kept it up until the hearse pulled out, and then flew away."
Well, it wasn't science--maybe it was spooks and smokes
--emma
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