Last Friday I attended the funeral of my uncle. I didn’t
know him very well, but he did give me my first real job. The summer after I
graduated from high school my mom got him to hire me to work at his fruit stand
on Highway 89. I spent the summer selling (mostly) locally grown fruits and
vegetables to people who stopped along Utah’s famous “Fruit Way”. I don’t know
if it’s that famous but a lot of people still buy fruit along the side of the
road during the summer.
Man, I was young. I was ready to go to college and grow up
and get on with life. I still remember some of the songs that played on the
radio that summer. The station was set to country music, which up to that time
I had not listed to. It’s funny how I can look back at parts of my life and
recall a soundtrack to go along with the memories. Or how a certain song will
come on the radio and I can vividly remember driving in my car in a totally
different time and place and remember singing along to that exact song.
Anyway, going to the funeral just reminded me of that
summer. I haven’t really thought about it in a long time. After the funeral my parents and sisters and
the nephew not old enough for school went for ice cream. The weather was
finally absolutely gorgeous this whole weekend. I did a bunch of spring
cleaning and still managed to get outside a little bit to enjoy the sunshine.
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