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To the Moon and Back – chapter 32
The guests started to make their way out into the backyard since the priest had arrived. Tina pulled away and wiped her cheeks while thanking Bette for being there. They took their seats in the front row and waited for the ceremony to get underway.
When the priest rose up from his seat and moved to the center, everyone grew quite. “We meet in the name of Jesus Christ, who died and was raised to the glory of God the father. Grace and mercy be with you. We have come here today to remember before God our brother Joseph Kennard; to give thanks for his life; to commend him to God our merciful redeemer and judge; to commit his body to be buried, and to comfort one another in our grief.”
“Almighty God, you judge us with infinite mercy and justice, and love everything you have made. In your mercy, turn the darkness of death into the dawn of new life, and sorrow of parting into the joy of heaven; through our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. At this time, I ask anyone who wants to say a few words about Mr. Kennard to please come up here.”
Tina looked over and Bette and said, “I’ll be back.” She walked up next to the priest and looked out on all the faces, many of whom she didn’t recognize, and spoke from her heart.
“My father was a great man. I’ll never forget the times we shared together as I was growing up. He was always there for me to apply a band aid when I fell off my bike, or to swim with me in the pool. He would read me a bed time story and check under my bed for monsters, even though he knew they weren’t there. As I grew older he became my body guard, always trying to protect me from the Johnson boys down the block who wanted to kiss me. When I broke the news that I was going to Los Angeles for college, I could see his heart break. His little girl was moving thousands of miles away to a world unknown, but he accepted it because he knew that if he had never moved to North Carolina from Kentucky, he would have never met my mother or lived the life he did. I never moved back home after college but I made sure to always visit on the holidays. Unfortunately over the past 8 years I haven’t been able to do that and acknowledging that hurts. The last memory I have of my father is him trying his best to deal with a situation at hand and trying to stick up for me, but for once, his work wasn’t successful. Here I stand today, looking at a man I realized I never fully knew. My only complaint is that he didn’t live long enough to meet his granddaughter. I can only hope that I am just as good a parent as he was.”
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(39 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)
Ahh!! You just wanted to leave right there huh!! :) Great chapter BTW and I know all about the religious thing beleive me… One I stay clear of w my mom. Anyways keep up the good work and post sooner if possible.
I shouldnt have started here but I did anyway..now I have to start at one and catch up.
Great chapter
K
Excellent chapter, why did you stop there? lol Can’t wait for more.
great chapter, please write soon you just left us hanging
Bette told that priest…Great Job…Now we have to wait to Wednesday…Not fair!
youre soooo mean..hwy could you stop like this????? and well done Bette for defend her own principles now bring us some love..lol..hope B&T be good for now on..great chapter JB post soon
Loved the way Bette answered that priest!!! Now onto NC17???????? PLEASE!!!!!
Hey JB I’m just catching up WHOA! Still Wonderful Story and I’m still reading LOL! I just get back in VA. and WHOA! Hey your still Amazing Story I Love it keep going and I’m still reading in it LOL! Thanks.
Okay, now we all know that Tina is emotionally drained frim the last couple of days. So, they make love and fall asleep in each others arms, only for her mother to find them the next morning. Does anyone have some smelling sauce. LOL Chris is going to have to revive her.
Damn you can’t leave us like this please post soon. This chapter is amazing and emotion to and love it. Post soon, thanks!
Wow! Way to go Bette! I love the comments she made to the priest. Oh man I hope B and T does not get caught in the act! pls post soon.
great chapter!!! dont leave me wating for the next one!!! i can hardly wait!!!
JB..good luck with the school stuff…procrastination…hmmm what’s that? LOL. I do my best work at the last minute. ;-) Loved this chapter. It was sad what Tina said about her father at the funeral, but now she has a chance with her mother and the rest of the family. Love Bette standing up to the priest. Can’t believe Bette’s sleeping in the basement — LOL — I thought Tina was kidding. Well, at least they can have privacy for what’s next. ;-) Thanks for the chapter. Hope you get your reading done on time. Until Wednesday…
LOL nothing like defying your parents. Go Tina! I hate when people try to push their religious views onto others. I’d rather not get into it, I can already feel my blood pressure going up lol