....as I am listening to the open tones to the movie, an involuntary smile crossed my face. Much to my joy and delight, I am able to see "Godfather III", a movie I had not seen in many many years. The beginning scenes are recaps of "G-Father I & II" to catch people up on what took place prior to this final of the series. Now, scenes from 'Italia' when Michael was hiding out...Earlier today I watched a segment of Rick Steve's Europe which took place in Milano and the Lake Como regions of Italia. It has just been a powerful past few days of Italian sites, beginning with "Letters to Juliette" movie on Thursday. Wow! And, now, I get to see this movie, at least most of it, tonight!
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The early part of my day began with a hurried readying for a funeral service for one of our elderly members, Dave Gorman. Judy J. was going to ride with me but she was feeling poorly this a.m. Since I knew Judy and Mike were also going, I called them to hitch a ride. No sense in taking two cars to Ponte Vedra. They were leaving earlier than I had planned on leaving so I had to hustle to get myself to dress and get out the door. I did pretty well pulling myself together and congratulated myself on finding their house on the first attempt. Usually when I go there I end up getting turned around but in the light of day, no sweat! Only four of us from church were there, counting Pastor and Mike, who conducted the service. There was no singing, except for just prior to the event beginning, a recorded song was played, "I Can Only Imagine". There were hymns printed in the folder but were to be read for our private meditation. I guess we had no piano or organ player to do this for us. The readings were excellent and the liturgy was, of course, comforting and touching, with familiar verses about there being no more hunger, thirst, or tears in heaven.
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There was a brief interment service complete with taps being played and the folding presentation of the flag to the family in thanks for his military service. The family had only 8 members which made me feel kinda sad. I thought of the words in Pete's sermon at Timmy's funeral. He said how if Timmy had lived to be 105 years old, our church would have only a handful of people in it, but instead, at age 5, it was standing room only with overflow in the fellowship hall. Pete was right, only eight people in this man's family at the funeral. Dave, when he was well enough to attend church, would like it if I sat behind him to sing because he liked my voice. I envy the singing he is enjoying now in the heavenly realms with the Lord and with his wife, Emmy....
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Last night I slept in a clean bed, freshly remade after washing my sheets and the two blankets from the bottom of my bed. For a little while, my room seemed clean with the bed cleared off!!! When I went to bed, I put the books and periodicals back on the 'passenger side' to make it seem more homey. Ha! Earlier in evening a few of us 'attended' a wedding taking place at The Club. Hugh had the binoculars out and could keep tabs on the comings and goings. He always laments that we attend so many weddings but never get any cake. I just heard a cheer go up from outside which means another ceremony just wrapped up. I hope we did not miss all the fun...but I will bet that we did, since normally the gang does not gather until just before 7:00 pm.
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There are no other plans for tonight unless the phone rings and when I go outside later, I will record the rest of this movie for later. Oh, there is Enzo the baker, still at it, making cakes! This is so fun to watch, but I will not allow it to keep me in the house. It was a lovely day today, in the high 80's and lots of boat activity, much of it in the basin. I saw fishers casting their nets but I cannot tell if they are catching something or not. No sign of the manatees today but the boats may have scared them. Tomorrow is Pentecost and confirmation day at Good Shepherd, with two girls being confirmed. One is the pastor's daughter, Anna, and the other belongs to the preschool teacher, Kim. The choir is singing "Take My Life" to a different melody than usual, including an a capella part. We are so daring!
