Posted on November 13, 2014 by The Story Reading Ape
Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life. As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the Nova Scotia back country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played “Amazing Grace”, the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head was hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen anything like that before, and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”
Apparently, I’m still lost….it’s a man thing.
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I LOVE it!!!!!!
Wow, Noelle. This is so emotional. So very, very well done. The writer took me there, pulled me out of my comfort zone. And that is exactly what I like a book to do.
Noelle,
i LOVE this, absolutely love it..i’ll be chuckling most of the day today and that’s a good feeling.
Thank You
My best to you
john
Glad you enjoyed it. We all need a good chuckle from time to time. My thanks to the Story Reading Ape who first posted this!
Absolutely brilliant!
I didn’t expect that ending at all! Very funny, and a little sad…. Why don’t men just ask for directions 🙂 😉
hahaha, so funny!! 🙂
LOL! I was all emotional at first, then sucker punched. Great joke!
Thanks, Faith. It suckered me in, too. I had to re-blog it. Thanks for stopping by!
Great. That got me laughing. I wasn’t expecting the ending either.