This isn't what you might be expecting.
It's about a funeral procession.
It cost me an extra round at the stoplight this morning. 5 minutes. It's the least I can do for the grieving friends and family that were trying to keep up with the procession. Through a very busy, dangerous 6 lane intersection. (2 right turns, 2 left turns and two straight lanes on all sides.)
The number of cars (people) who began to bolt into the procession simply because their light turned green was surprising. The honking and fists and baffled looks followed. But, bless 'em, everyone in that procession remained in line, honked back and kept on going.
How many were texting before the light turned? How many were simply in a hurry and didn't care? How many had their music blaring and thumping? How many felt entitled, because it was their "turn to go?" What if it were your loved on in the hearse? What if it were you, trying to not get lost on the way to the cemetery?
I remember a time when you STOPPED for a funeral procession no matter what. and waited for the ENTIRE party to pass. In respect.
I know it's dangerous now and without a police escort, which is also rare anymore, it's safer to get a map and wait at the light if you are part of the procession. I know; I've done it.
But in a country where we continue to grouse about the lack of manners and civility, is this really too much for us to take a moment and wait? Really, it doesn't matter that the person going to the cemetery isn't "ours."
Because one day, it will be.
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