fINAL ESTING PLACE

bETH AND i FLEW, WITHOUT POBLEMS  TO mAINE.  bARBARA AND ALAN INVITED ME TO STAY WITH THEM.  THEY GAVE UP THEIR BED, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT ME FALLING DOWNSTAIRS.THEY WERE GRACIOUS HOSTS.aRNOLD CAME OVER fRIDAY TO VISIT ME AND TO INVITE ME TO SENOIR LUNCH.  oF COURSE, i WENT. i LATER WENT AACROSS THE STREET TO OUT OLD HOME AND SAW HAZELS CHICKENS.eTHANK HAD MOWED THE YARD NICELY AND i WALKED ALL AROUND REMEMBERING WHEN i LIVED THERE.fRIDAY NIGHT i TOOK bARB, ALAN AND bRYCE TO DINNER AT 99'S. oUR OLD WITRESS REMEMBER ME BY NAME. bETH SLWPT IN THE CABIN WITH qUINL aRORA, AND HAZEL.  a BIG THNDER WOKE THEM IN THE NIGHT.  fRIDAY DAWNED DRY AND PLEASANT.  THE SERVICE WENT VERY WELL AND NOW tOM CAN SEE HIS OLD HOUSE FROM HIS PLACE I THE CEMETERY.  oF COURSE, HE LOOKSD ON FROM hEAVEN.

FinAl ACT

 TODAY IS aUGUST 5, 2026

bETH AND i WILL FLY TO mAINE TO PLACE tOMS' REMAINS IN THE fIELDS hILL cEMETERY, WHERE HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.  fAMILY WILL BE THERE AND A FEW FRIENDS.  pASTOR cROFF FROM WAYSIDE bAPTIST, OUR LAST mAINE CHURCH TO DO THE SERVICE.  i AM APPREHENSIVE WITH MIXED EMOTIONS.  I KNOW tOM WILL BE WATCHING FROM hEAVEN SO i WILL FEEL CLOSE TO HIM.  i ALSO KNOW GOD WILL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS WELL           AS HE DIRECTS  THE FAMILY TO DO WHATS NEEDED.  wILL WRITE MORE WHEN i RETURN TO COLORADO.