i attended a mass at church today, held before the burial of my deceased uncle danny. as you may or may not know, on the way to the cemetery from the church, all the cars attending the burial form an unbreakable line, following the hearse containing the casket with their emergency lights flashing and 'FUNERAL' flags planted on the hood. we had around 30 cars, all in a line, and since it was disrespectful for the line to be broken, we were allowed to ignore stop signs and red lights and drive right through them.
anyway, the animal part. while driving, on the side of the road, we saw a family of about 5 deer on the side of the road. that in itself is unusual, but what's weirder is that i've seen about 2 deer my entire life in florida. as we drove by them they stopped, turned toward the road, and bowed their heads in respect. it was amazing. they did not resume walking until we all passed them. everyone got out of their cars crying. it was a surreal, but beautiful, thing.
