“If I don’t see you in the spring, I’ll see you in the mattress.”

That was one of my Uncle Jimmy’s one-liners.

One of the many groan-worthy, yet funny, expressions that my Dad and his brothers are notorious for.

My cousin’s wife walked into the funeral home.

She wore a sequined top that shone in the afternoon sunlight, and as she greeted us all with hugs announced “I wore this because I thought it was the kind of top Aunt Juanita would love.”