Day is Done

[cornerofmadness]

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh

Fading light dims the sight
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright
From afar, drawing near
Falls the night

Thanks and praise for our days
Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky
As we go, this we know
God is nigh

I knew it because, wait for it, my girl scout troop concluded every meeting with it. For. Years. Nothing cheerier to send a bunch of 10 year old girls out into the night with a funeral dirge.

I bring this up because today was my uncle's burial...sort of. Many in my family are military. I already have several relatives in the Cemetery of the Alleghenies and my parents will be there eventually. It was a military funeral with the 3 rounds of gun salute, taps, the honor guard and all that comes with it (a tear jerker of a salute).

But we went from the funeral home to their for this. As we were waiting, my dad (obsessed with rush hour traffic which didn't exist at this point but my cousins DID get caught in construction) mom and I were there first. And in walks Saruman the White. No lie, for a second I thought he was there for a cosplay Renn funeral.

Nope this was the deacon who was going to do the graveside prayers. He was also a doctor. He and I talked for quite some time. Nice man.

We all went out to an Italian restaurant afterward. Because we need more family drama.

But it is now done. Sort of. Because it's military, we don't know exactly where he'll be yet. They bury in batches. Eventually we'll get an email with location.

Comments

[trobadora]

*hugs*

[cornerofmadness]

thanks

[sylvanwitch]

I DID know that--and for the same reason you do! As soon as I saw your cut-line, they came back to me like in a fever dream. ;-)

I'm glad you got through this part of it all and hope it is the last of the drama-rama for a while. (I know, given what you've said about your aunt, that this is an unlikely hope.)

*hugs*

[cornerofmadness]

Oh geez. I was kinda hoping it was just my G.S. group who did that. I guess it's a thing...a very weird thing.

Yeah it's an unlikely hope but I'll be back in Ohio by the end of the month so...

[nafs]

I knew the first verse because our Girl Guide troop did it too. I'm pretty sure it was SOP for a troop meeting.

I'm glad you got through this portion of things, hope you get some time to yourself sooner rather than later *hugs*

[cornerofmadness]

Given how many people have chimed in yeah it must be SOP for Girl Scouts. I figure it was a lullabye first but man it always felt weird to me.

thanks. I'm in Gettysburg right now and just found out a couple close friends are here too. We didn't know that we were going to meet up here.