Saturday's Visitation

What an outpouring of love and sympathy. Dad was humbled by the number of friends who came to share a moment with him. I forgot to count the names in the Visitation registry, but I will tomorrow.

I was so worried about the elderly who stood in line. There's got to be a better way. Maybe someday someone will come up with a system like they have at the BMVs. Take a number, take a seat. We had discussed filling up the rows so that there wouldn't be so much standing. We didn't get it organized.

Jeannie Carlisle provided wonderful food for our family and the friends who stayed to visit. It was so thoughtful of her. Thank you, Jeannie.

Raymond was a little hoarse this evening. He talked for 5 hours straight! We did get him to sit for a lot of the visitation. He went to bed about 9 and when I checked on him at 10 he was sleeping.

They had a hard time getting the DVD player to work today but some miracle worker got it working and the girls had put Shirley Temple's music, on the sound track, because it was Mom's favorite. If you get a chance to see it tomorrow, I think you'll enjoy it.

I've been working on family genealogy and had printed a sample for Mom of the family lines I'm working on. Ancestry.com has a wonderful publishing program that takes all the information you add and generates lovely books. Some are on display in the church lobby. You'll find lots of incomplete work, but you'll also get to see what I gave Betty for Christmas this year. She helped identify people in the photos and helped me contact individuals during these last few months. When I've rested I'll get back to work perfecting the projects before I share with family.

Thank you to the church for allowing our family the use of the facilities. It was a comfortable environment for our family and allowed us the opportunity to display mother's quilts. She would have been proud.

The Boley Family