The "month anniversary of the funeral mass" was tonight.  The funeral itself was very emotional with Grace on one side sobbing and Amalia on the other weeping, so I didn't really have the chance to look around.  This time I had a good look and the church is quite impressive.  It's very ornate with gold gilt everywhere, ten foot high candle sticks, gorgeous painted dome and murals.  There are gigantic statues of saints or some biblical figure or another in alcoves all around the perimeter.  Huge crystal chandeliers hang down on either side of the main alter.  It's something to see.  The alter area is so large it has three pulpits though the two smaller ones are more like stands, albeit gilt ornate stands.  Apart from the priest, lay people read passages from scripture all through the service.  The space is so big it was like biblical "Where's Waldo?"  Every time someone started speaking I had to search all over the front of the church to find them.  After the service, we took my mother-in-law out to dinner.  There are 25 pizzerias within a mile radius of our place.  We choose one we hadn't tried before and it was wonderful.  Pizza places here run the gamut from take-away to white table cloths and crystal wine glasses.  This place was closer to the latter.  I had spaghetti with tiny clams cooked with garlic, parsley and white wine.  Wonderful.  Tomorrow is the walk and BBQ at school, the another weekend gone!  xxoo me