The future's so bright...

Michael's mom was laid to rest today, and although I wasn't able to go, Michael tells me it was a beautiful thing. Sarah Phyllis Wilding Eldridge was a force to be reckoned with--she loved her family dearly and worked hard every day of her life. She lived to see 90 years, has more progeny than I can count and they're still going strong. In fact, on the day of her passing, her first great great grandchild was born. Yeah, two greats! I understand the service was sweet, and even sweeter was the fact that all six of her sons, who have argued constantly and competed with each other their entire lives, got along without a single cross word all day, not even during the reading of the will. Michael said this miracle alone was proof to him that there is a God.

Anyway, there was a viewing prior to the service for people to see her one last time. One of the great-grandkids mentioned that she didn't look like herself, and they realized it was because she wasn't wearing her glasses. Someone fetched them from the car and quickly placed them on her face. But what no one considered was that her glasses were the kind that turn dark in sunlight, and being in the car and exposed to the sun, they were as dark as possible and, apparently, slow to change to clear. So Michael glanced over at her, and there she was, laid out in a gorgeous casket, dressed in her temple whites, and wearing shades. Seems a fitting way to go.