One memory of Phred and what he did for the BBQ in Ca made me remember this moment...



I guess I am a real fool....

Last year Gini and I were cleaning up the last of the BBQ stuff.

There is a church near by and the hourly bells began to ring...I laughed and looked at Gini and said....It feels like school and now that the bell has rung, it (the BBQ) must be over....

Today as I was placing the chairs and tables into the back of my truck I told Gini that the bells would signal the end of this year's BBQ.

Gini went inside to do something and as I stood there the church bells began to ring......At that moment a huge Monarch butterfly
flew into the yard and made two huge circles of the area where all of us were sitting.....I stood there and listened to the chiming stop.....the butterfly finished the second lap of the yard and just as it flew out of my sight, the howl of a fire truck, in the distance, picked up the salute to the 3rd Annual CA BBQ.....

Serendipity?
Chance?
Coincidence?


I don't know!



It was a funny and touching moment.

Somehow, I knew Phred had something to do with that siren going off at that moment.......


I am sitting here reliving that moment and it's very comforting to be able to smile and relive it.

Phred's not gone.

He alive and well in our hearts and his posts bring him back to us, time and time again.

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I was a little stunned at how much his illness had changed him. He looked very tired in one picture and it was sad to see him that way.

By the same token?

The photo of Phred in his uni was a great picture. You could see the pride flowing out of him.

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I know he's having a great time now. He's at peace and running the Arrival Gate at the Bridge.

I wonder if he runs the scanner and handles the pat downs too?