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In this little mortuary I open in the morning by myself. It is a very old building with big high ceilings and chandeliers everywhere. Like an old estate. The problem is the building is so old the light switches are not where you would think they should be, and I am still trying to remember where they are as I go through the 8 old rooms turning everything on. Not exactly for the faint of heart.
Well this morning I walked in and went to turn one switch on and realized that the promise that was not supposed to be brought to us until this afternoon, had been brought into our care during the night. I turned on the chapel light and went in and greeted her a good morning and told her how beautiful she looked in her Arabian show horse riding outfit. I straightened her clothing a bit, told her that we would put her veil on her in a little while, patted her hand and then went on to open up the rest of the building and turn on the rest of the lights. I went back to the Chapel and was setting up the candles for the Rosary tonight and the Crucifix when I heard the door bell ring. We have bells so that when someone walks in any of the doors we hear them. I figured maybe it was a flower delivery and went to the back door. No one there. So then I went back down the halls and to the front and there stood the front door wide open but no one was in the lobby. Tentatively I start walking through the mortuary checking every room. No one was there.
So I went back to my little lady and I said OK Miss $$$$ good try, but it is going to take more than that to send me screaming. I asked her if she had stepped out for a cup of coffee next door and left the door open behind her. :grin You know she had this great quirkish smile on her face, I just chuckled having a good feel for the person she must have been.
When her family came in this afternoon I asked her sister if she was a practical joker. Ohhhhhh yes she said how did you know that? So I told her what happened and boy was she ever laughing. Yup that was her she said, she loved to joke around. What did you do she asked? So I told her that we had a little discussion about her joke. The sister loved it that we talk to our people and that we believe that the spirit is sometimes still around. She said it made her feel closer to her sister. She thanked me for serving her family and I told her it had been my honor and wished her peace. She then asked me to stay for the Private Rosary. The director stepped in and said Oh I know Judy would otherwise accept your kind invitation but explained that I share a love of animals with them, and that my baby needed me tonight because of his surgery. She hugged me and said please go to your baby I do understand.
THAT is why I do this. Did the wind open the door?? Maybe, but I didn't notice even a breeze this morning. Mike said well maybe when you spoke to her this morning that is when her spirit left and she used the front door! LOL I have him believing the unbelievable now. There are many unexplained things that happen in this business. After a while you just learn to decide for yourself what you believe in any given circumstance.
Well this morning I walked in and went to turn one switch on and realized that the promise that was not supposed to be brought to us until this afternoon, had been brought into our care during the night. I turned on the chapel light and went in and greeted her a good morning and told her how beautiful she looked in her Arabian show horse riding outfit. I straightened her clothing a bit, told her that we would put her veil on her in a little while, patted her hand and then went on to open up the rest of the building and turn on the rest of the lights. I went back to the Chapel and was setting up the candles for the Rosary tonight and the Crucifix when I heard the door bell ring. We have bells so that when someone walks in any of the doors we hear them. I figured maybe it was a flower delivery and went to the back door. No one there. So then I went back down the halls and to the front and there stood the front door wide open but no one was in the lobby. Tentatively I start walking through the mortuary checking every room. No one was there.
So I went back to my little lady and I said OK Miss $$$$ good try, but it is going to take more than that to send me screaming. I asked her if she had stepped out for a cup of coffee next door and left the door open behind her. :grin You know she had this great quirkish smile on her face, I just chuckled having a good feel for the person she must have been.
When her family came in this afternoon I asked her sister if she was a practical joker. Ohhhhhh yes she said how did you know that? So I told her what happened and boy was she ever laughing. Yup that was her she said, she loved to joke around. What did you do she asked? So I told her that we had a little discussion about her joke. The sister loved it that we talk to our people and that we believe that the spirit is sometimes still around. She said it made her feel closer to her sister. She thanked me for serving her family and I told her it had been my honor and wished her peace. She then asked me to stay for the Private Rosary. The director stepped in and said Oh I know Judy would otherwise accept your kind invitation but explained that I share a love of animals with them, and that my baby needed me tonight because of his surgery. She hugged me and said please go to your baby I do understand.
THAT is why I do this. Did the wind open the door?? Maybe, but I didn't notice even a breeze this morning. Mike said well maybe when you spoke to her this morning that is when her spirit left and she used the front door! LOL I have him believing the unbelievable now. There are many unexplained things that happen in this business. After a while you just learn to decide for yourself what you believe in any given circumstance.