Stayed home for most of the day & took it easy. My parents put flowers on several graves & were back by 2PM. Had a heavy rainstorm about 6PM, but no severe weather. Continued on 2 long, drawn out tax returns & had one of them completed at 3AM. This particular client works night shift & gets off at 4AM, so she said I could stop by about 4:30AM, which I did.
A pleasant early AM drive to Herington & got the tax work gone over & signed in no time. Her 35 year old son was killed in a car rollover a few miles S of town about 3 weeks ago. His seat belt broke & he was ejected from the vehicle. Strangely, another young lady was killed close to Peabody, her seat belt also broke & she was thrown from the vehicle. And another strange seat belt issue is that my drivers seat belt needed to be replaced in my Civic due to sometimes jamming & not being able to pull it out. It has a lifetime guarantee, so was fixed free of charge.
Looked at all her pictures and listened to the details of the past few weeks. Another family crisis happening in the midst of all this tragedy & sadness. However, there was one humorous incident….
Recently Gwen & another son were at the cemetery placing flowers. With the recent rains, there were areas of the new grave that had settled & she tried to smooth it out with her feet. All of a sudden she sunk in to above her knee with one leg & the other leg was sprawled out in a most unglamorous fashion. Thankfully her son, Justin, was there to rescue her as there was no way she could have gotten out on her own. Yes, there can be laughter, even after a funeral. Not sure how many witnessed this incident, but she did say that Clint would have found this quite humorous.
It was daybreak by the time I left & I enjoyed the early AM peacefulness & birds singing as the sun was rising.
mikey
