[SOC] Amazing grace

[peteclough at aol.com]

Umm Tell me what part of Kentucky this was in an I will see about going to put flowers on the septic tank burial  site.
Pete C





-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Nielsen <n7xy at clearwire.net>
To: Second Class Operators' Club <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 11:30 am
Subject: [SOC] Amazing grace


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 Kentucky 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 hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I 
heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothing like that before and I've 
been putting in septic tanks for twenty years." 
 

    Apparently I'm still lost....
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