Today I went to a funeral for one of my best friend’s mother. Not because I was all that close with anyone in her family. Her brothers had never met me and I doubt her father would have remembered me. But when you’ve been friends with someone since middle school, it’s what you do. I [...]
A Secret Message
After the funeral, we congregated at Scott and Rhonda’s house, drying tears with stories from happier times and filling the void we all felt with fried chicken, green beans and ham. As if sitting through your mother’s memorial service isn’t stressful enough on a seven-year-old boy, G-man clearly had reached his limit as the living [...]
WW: Awareness
Today is the memorial service, then back home to Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon. Hug your loved ones just a little bit longer today. Image from cafepress.com
Rhonda
We were helping my cousin hang photos when the call came this morning. Ben left the room to answer. We heard the hammer drop out of his hands. And our world shattered. How do you say goodbye to someone who shouldn’t be gone in the first place? How do you forget the cry of a [...]
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