She had met the hunk next door, impressed him with her taste in fashion, melted into a puddle of mush and her mind was racing with naughty thoughts, a...d she had a date to make chili with a gorgeous man. Then she shook her head to clear her mind and thought; 'he's just too damn beautiful ... there's got to be something not right ... I bet he's gay.'Then she mentally punished herself for forgetting to put on perfume before she turned and sashayed down the driveway. Mary couldn't have known Allen. The spot of light was even bigger and was moving up his face now. Bright light tinged with the green of a few leaves. It was comfortable to see in, like tinted glasses. He smiled, he liked the sun. He rested his eyes, he felt like he did back home on a Saturday morning, Dad and Mom were up and tending to the chores, Mom letting her chickens out of the coop, Dad tinkering in the barn, they always let him sleep in a bit on Saturdays. He remembered how the sun would creep across his window, trying. Again, I suckled him, making sure I got every drop. After a couple of minutes, he proceeded to get dressed, thanked me, and then left.Over the course of the day, I had been texting with Sophia. She had sent me a text, thanking me for my kind words the day before. I apologized for my cold comments and told her it was just my disappointment at not being able to see her on my visit. As we continued to chat, I reminded her that I had previously requested a picture of her but she had never sent one.. I then took a garden trowel and had each of them put some dirt on the casket as the priest recited "Ashes to ashes – dust to dust. As Grace dumped her trowel of dirt she broke down again and I had to catch her to keep her from falling. I picked her up in my arms and carried her to the limo for the ride back to the funeral home. Once there I got everyone into my SUV and we headed home with Kim driving and me in the back seat still comforting Grace and Janet...Back at my house there was a steady.