Funerals

Funerals? The other day we were driving down the Panamerican Highway on the way home when I noticed in the distance what seemed to be a bad traffic jam! As we got closer I realized what it was.....a funeral was holding up traffic. Well the first car carried the deceased, and then behind that car you could see about 40 people walking in the pouring rain! Behind them were more cars associated with the funeral. It brought memories of me growing up in Puerto Rico when I used to see this all the time. The people walk as a gesture of respect for the deceased. And you have to admire them for doing so in the pouring rain. It brought memories from when I was a little girl and I used to see this all the time which seemed normal to me. This is not something I saw back home and now I see down here.