In Kansas

[bsdcat]

I drove up with my mother, brother, and his girlfriend yesterday; from Austin to a small town outside Kansas City in about 13 hours. My sister, her husband, and our father came up separately, with other family coming in from California and all over Kansas. We had a brief memorial at my grandmother's grave at Mt. Muncie Cemetery this morning; my uncle couldn't bear to leave her ashes hanging around unburied, so the actual funeral was moved up to a couple of weeks ago.

There wasn't much to the memorial service, but we all got to see the grave site and meet extended family. Aside from the drive yesterday and the upcoming drive tomorrow, I'm happy to be here.