This is Agnes and her daughter, Joan Ocean, at the nursing home. I probably took a picture of them at around the time of Halloween after Hurricane Wilma left Florida quickly in 2005.
Do u remember I was telling u about the mother, Agnes, of Joan Ocean in my blog a month ago? Yesterday I went to the memorial service at the church, St. Mary's in Daytona Beach for an old lady named Agnes whom my mother took care of. Agnes passed away on an evening of Dec 8, 2007. St. Mary is probably oldest church in Daytona Beach, over 130 years. It's a small and clean. That's not my church cuz I have a religious background. Agnes was a member there for years since she moved to Daytona Beach in 1999. Thank God, I got an interpreter named Ed at the church yesterday. Last Friday, I thought about having an interpreter at the memorial service for Agnes but it's too late. I forgot to ask Mother about it. But until that Sunday afternoon when Mom, Dad, and I arrived at the parking lot outside the church before the service, I overheard little bit Mom telling Dad or a friend that Ed coming over to interpret me. Ed? I was confused. She was supposed to inform me about him coming over there but she probably forgot. I tried to ask her about him clearly but Mom was busy chatting. LOL! Inside the church, it looks beautiful and candlelights are everywhere. Floor looks like an old wood but polished. As the memorial service begans, the family of Agnes came to sit in front following Agnes' priest and Chalice Bearer. About Chalice Bearer who is employed by her boss, her name is Nedra. I ran into her again. Nedra recognized me first before the service began. She's from a deaf club. I guessed it's her that I know from a deaf club. I didn't know she's working at the church as a Chalice Bearer. I was surprised to see her there. Anyways, Nedra and I talked little bit. When Nedra saw me again at the reception afterwards, she told me she have to work right away. It was nice to see her again. I noticed she was having a stress but I don't know. She sounds panting. Nedra is also a mother of 2 or 3 kids. However, I listened to a music few times. The priest, 2 daughters, 2 granddaugthers, and my mother shared a personal story about Agnes with us during the memorial service. I learned Agnes loves to travel, paint, and craft. Agnes had a swimming pool in the backyard of her house in New Jeresy where she came from and when her hubby, Cyril, was alive. After the service, we went to the reception but Ed doesn't want going there. He went home. I ate a salad with sliced pears, chicken with cransberry sauce, vegetables, and rice. I had a drink, a coffee and a glass of water with ices. I had enough cuz it looks too much but I ate all of vegetables. And at last, I ate a very delicious dessert, a chocolate with chips! Yummy! I can't wait to eat that cake! LOL! But I ate it halfway cuz I have had enough of it. LOL! I went to look up at a video, a family album, and scrapbook of letters from Agnes' relatives on the table. I saw a video of my mother in the laptop computer during working with Agnes at the nursing home. Mom looked so pretty in it. Then Mom informed me that Dad wanted to go home cuz he was not feeling well but I told her I don't have time to look up photos. Someone took a picture of Mom, Joan Ocean, with me with Joan's own digital camera after discovering my own digital camera went dead. I didn't have time to change batteries. I have them in my purse. I always carry them in case old batteries went dead in my digital camera. I thought it's batteries. I was wrong when I came home to check it out. Anyways, I went home with a small glass vase of beautiful tropical flowers. Smelling them is good. I had a wonderful time there.
See a website of St. Mary's Church below:
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
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