Happy Halloween Maine (Portland, Yarmouth, Hope: homeless, eat, cemetery)

[RMoore007]

Homeless man's funeral in Portland on Halloween

Treat.......

Many of you may not know that I'm a bagpiper and 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 north part of town.

As I was not familiar with that area,
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, and we all wept together.

When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car,
I heard one of the workers say,
"I never seen nothin' like that before

and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

Trick.....

Happy Halloween Maine

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by RMoore007

Homeless man's funeral in Portland on Halloween

Treat.......

Many of you may not know that I'm a bagpiper and 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 north part of town.

As I was not familiar with that area,
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, and we all wept together.

When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car,
I heard one of the workers say,
"I never seen nothin' like that before

and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

Trick.....

Happy Halloween Maine

Perhaps you played my SIL's funeral in Yarmouth last April.

Anyway..... a touching story.

May God bless you to coin forest's favorite phrase.

And Happy Halloween.

[retiredtinbender]

Love the pipes. Hope all is well with you RM. Have a good winter.