You've possibly heard of the movie titled "Four Weddings and a Funeral"? I've never seen the movie so I don't know if it's anything like our last few weeks.
About two weeks ago my uncle died. He was older and was loosing his quality of life and so it really wasn't a sad thing for the family. His daughter (my cousin) was here from out of state to help care for him along with her other siblings. His wife, my Aunt and my mothers sister, was living in an extended care facility. The unique thing about this whole story is that his funeral was to be last Wednesday and on the morning of, about twenty minutes before his funeral was to start, the family was notified that his wife (my aunt) had just passed away. The only way for the timing to have been better was for this to have happened just a little earlier so the two funerals could have been together. So my Uncles funeral was on Wed and then followed by my Aunts on Sat. This was a very special and spiritual time for the family.
Soon after I got word that my Aunt had died, we also got word that Brooks uncle had passed away from cancer. This was expected but more difficult because his life was cut short. He will be missed! His funeral was the following Monday.
Right smack in the middle of all of our funerals, we had a ward party scheduled! It was on the Saturday of my Aunts funeral. I helped Brooks set up for the movie and pick up food and then I took off for the funeral while Brooks stayed for the Ward Party. Those that attended the party had a great time but not many came. What we had originally planned didn't work out because we didn't have any snow so we just kind of threw it all together. We will learn and plan better for the next one and hopefully have better attendance.
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