Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. --C. S. Lewis
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Brant Morgan, also known as my "Uncle Buck" -- as in "Watch it, Bucko!" A Vietnam veteran, he was one salty sonofabitch on the outside, but just a "dandy lion" on the inside. He was the strongest man of my childhood. He will be sorely missed.
Gosh...I think this might be my choir director's cousin (going by the surname and the dates, yesterday he mentioned that his cousino was recently deceased and that the mass was being offered for him). The thought that our quirky choir director/organist could be related to the smocks is kind of lovely, actually.