AUNTIE JUNE – THE SECRET . . . A HYPOTHETICAL LOOK AT FRIDAYS SERVICES
WOW!! HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MANY PEOPLE SINCE THE 4TH OF JULY CHICKEN BAR-B-QUE’S AT THE GAME CLUB BACK IN THE 50’S!
MEMORIES! BLUEBERRY PICKING, TOMATOES!, MENEAUR , RAKING, PICKING STRING BEANS – THEN PICKING THEM AGAIN!! . . WOOD! . .AND THEN MORE WOOD! ANDY ANDERSON . . THEN DAILY AT 10:00 A.M. “SHHHHHH! ‘UNCLE PHIL’ IS TAKING HIS MORNING 15 MINUTE NAP ON THE COUCH BEFORE GOING BACK TO THE STORE!!’
HAVING CHRISTMAS AND THEN HAVING CHRISTMAS AGAIN – WITH THE LARGEST CHRISTMAS TREE ON THE HILL . . WITH REAL ‘BUBBLE’ CANDLE LIGHTS!!
HUNDREDS OF MEMORIES . . ALL SO GREAT!!
HAD A DREAM EARLY THIS PAST WEDNESDAY MORNING . . .
I HAD COME TO ‘RALPHS’ WITH SOME SIGNS IN THE BACK OF MY CAR, YOU KNOW . . OFFICE PARTY / RETIREMENT SIGNS / YOU KNOW THE ONES . .‘GOOD LUCK’ . . ‘WE’LL MISS YOU’ . .
AS I WAS PULLING UP AND PARKING I GOT OUT OF THE CAR . . AND – HERE COMES ‘AUNTIE JUNE’ WALKING RIGHT UP TO ME – RED HAT AND ALL . . WITH HER OWN SET OF SIGNS!
I SAID “YOU CAN’T BE HERE . . YOU’VE PASSED ON AND ARE IN HEAVEN . . . . NO ONE CAN SEE YOU EXCEPT ME!”
‘AUNTIE JUNE’S RESPONSE’ – “I KNOW THAT! LET’S JUST KEEP THAT’S OUR LITTLE SECRET ! “
SHE WENT ON TO SAY . . THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR – TO GET EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER . . AS IT SHOULD BE - I WOULDN’T MISS THIS FOR THE WORLD!!
SO MANY SECRETS ‘AUNTIE JUNE’ HAD . . . THOUSANDS OF THEM . . NOT ONLY MINE . .
BUT MOST EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM . . AND SHE KEPT THEM CLOSE TO HER HEART . . FOR 50, 60, 70 AND EVEN 80 YEARS . . SHE HAD ‘OUR’ SECRETS . .
MANY VERY GOOD HAPPY SECRETS . . O.K. AND SOME . . MAYBE NOT SO HAPPY – DOWNRIGHT SERIOUS STUFF!
IN MY DREAM . . ‘AUNTIE JUNE’ DID SAY – “ALL OF ‘YOUR’ SECRETS ARE WITH ME . . . AND ARE SAFE WITH ME – FOREVER!”
GOD’S SPEED AUNTIE JUNE . . .
OH! MAKE SURE YOU TELL PHILLY – I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN TO SHOOT HIM IN THE ANKLE!! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!! BUT, HE ALREADY KNOWS THAT!
