The Precepts of the Church

We covered several in the last few days.
 Our wonderful nephew, Tony, passed away on Nov. 26.from a brain tumor.
We attended the Vigil  and Memorial Service at St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Renton.
Father Ed White presided over both and was extraordinary. The Church was filled for both services.
Tony was loved by many people and they were anxious to share their stories.
There were about one thousand persons in attendance. It was truly inspiring.
I was doing fine holding back the tears until Father White shed a few during his talk. He also made me laugh.
He was spot on when he said that Tony had perhaps performed his first miracle since his Dad (my brother, John) was in the front row of the church. He is always in the back with one foot practically out the door.

We had a few relatives stop by our home after the reception. Everyone was inspired by the service.

Sunday, Judy invited us to lunch, we accepted, phoned Liz to ask her the location of a good place to eat in West Seattle.  Judy invited her along and she accepted, drove us to an excellent place to have a healthy lunch.

After lunch we visited Sister Marie Colorossi. She attended Immaculate with Judy. Sister Marie is suffering from a brain tumor and is in residence at  St. Joseph's, near  Providence Mt. St. Vincent
where our friend June  is recovering from a stroke. We combined the visits and although it was sad, we felt good that we had made the effort to visit the sick.
June is in rehab and will be fine in a few months. Sister Marie is close to being in heaven.

God Bless both of them. May  June heal without  too much pain.  May Sister Marie go in peace.

On a less serious note:
This morning the power went off 4:30 a.m.    Joe got the generator running. I cooked breakfast and lunch in the microwave.

Judy just called from Sea-Tac. Good thing we left early as she barely made it to the correct gate in time to board the plane. They had changed gates!

Joe is in the garage trying to find out why the anti-freeze is leaking from the truck.

I think it's time for a trouble free Hallmark moment!