An Italian woman was leaving a convenience store with her espresso when she noticed a most unusual Italian funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery:<>
A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one.<>
Behind the second hearse was a solitary Italian woman walking a dog on a leash.<>
Behind her, a short distance back were about 200 women walking single file.<>
The woman couldn’t stand the curiosity.<>
She respectfully approached the Italian woman walking the dog and said:<>
“I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to disturb you, but I’ve never seen an Italian funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?”<>
“My husband’s.”<>
” What happened to him?”<>
“He yelled at me and my dog attacked and killed him.”<>
She inquired further. “But who is in the second hearse?”<>
The Italian woman answered.<>
“My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my husband when the dog turned on her.”<>
A very poignant and touching moment of Italian sisterhood and silence passed between the two women…<>
“Can I borrow the dog?”<>
The woman replied, “Get in line.”<>
