Another of Lifes Adventures.

Tonight Paul and I went to Clays candlelight memorial service......a small affair, only a few invited people...ie close friends and family, attended.

We have been having bad tornadic storms all day but just before time for us to go to the service it stopped raining so off we went. Well, we got up there and it had started drizzling again. So we lit up the candles...sort of. They would burn for a few seconds- then flicker and go out........after 20 minutes of it and re-lighting them we were all laughing and said it was Clay doing it....and they all went out again. Hahahahaha. I can just see Clay and the other Angels sitting round and Clay looking over the cloud and saying..."Hey Y'all...watch this..."

Then we all told a few "Clay" stories celebrating his life and things we did with him.... and THEN it started POURING again.
And STILL we stayed for another 30 minutes, talking and laughing-just sharing memories of our boy while we got wetter and wetter, the rain dripping off us like we were standing under the shower-head at home..

I can just see Clay and the Angels watching us and shaking their heads and saying..."Look at those fools...don't even know when to get out of the rain..." and then laughing their wings off at us fools out there looking seriously like drowned rats.

In the end I had to be the sensible, mature one who said" I hate to break this up- but if we stay much longer we're all gonna have pneumonia. So I love you and GO HOME now."

I hugged them and thanked them all for the memories, and we all left to go home and dry out.

Not a tear one was shed- we celebrated his life and laughter in the best way we could possibly have done so- to share one of life's little adventures together and share a memory that involved laughter and him.

I'd say it was a most fitting memorial.