My Second Favorite Church

Hello friends.

Thank you for all of your heartfelt comments

from my last post.

It meant the world to me.. 

Mom was a fighter to the end.

We buried her on Monday morning.

This is the church we had the funeral service at.

St Mary's Catholic Church.

They recently just re-painted the starburst mural.

Many years ago the original starburst was 

wallpapered over to remove the cracks in the wall.

Well the wallpaper started peeling away...

so they took up donations to restore it.

It looks wonderful and so glad they 

were able to bring it back to its original glory.

This is the church I attended when 

visiting both grandparents.

My maternal grandparents paid for

one of the stained glass windows....

but I forget which one.

The right side display.

The left side display.

This statue is of St Mary.

Looking up towards the front of the church,

is the choir area.

The organist was already playing when 

I was taking these pictures.

Bob is in the foreground.

I took these pics before mass...

and my mom was lying in state 

to the left of Bob.

Above the organist was another

 stained glass window.

The service was wonderful.

Those who sang the songs we chose

sang like angels.

It was a beautiful service.

Tuesday we cleaned out mom's apartment.

We donated her furniture.

Her church wanted to provide a room

for someone in need on a temporary basis.

When we found this out, we decided

to give it to them.

They received the kitchen table and chairs,

bed with linens, small side tables and lamps.

They were so appreciative.

Wednesday I went to our local bakery

to purchase 2 dozen cookies to the ladies

who assisted with mom's care.

One of the ladies told me that she wished

more families were like ours.

She said that a lot of their residents

dont even get visitors from their family members.

They move them into their apartments,

and alas never go to visit them.

So sad.

Today I am going to lunch with

two former co-workers.

Time for me to relax a bit.

A weight has been lifted.

I will miss my mom tremendously,

 but know she is no longer suffering.

St. Mary Blessings To All!

Janice