Visitation was today
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sonjajadeThe funeral home did an amazing job with him, Uncle David looked like he was peacefully sleeping. He wore a long sleeved Harley Davidson t-shirt and a new pair of blue jeans. I kept hoping that it was still some kind of bad joke, but it wasn't. His skin was so cold, almost like he was frozen from the inside or something.
Got to see some of my cousins and some family that I haven't seen in literally decades. My dad came and even though him and mom aren't married anymore everyone was still glad to see him. I even got to see my mother's second husband Lenny. The last time I saw him was when mom told him he had to leave, that she was done dealing with him and his drug addictions. I remember sitting on the couch with him that day as she yelled and screamed at cried at him that he needed to get better because it was breaking my mom's heart. He had hugged me and thanked me for being such a kind person and then left, and I hadn't seen him again until today, so that's been about 12 years ago? Dang... Anyway, he got clean and sober 7 years ago, met a woman and got his life right, he's really big into his faith and going to church and speaking about his life and the mistakes he made. He apologized to me for all he'd put our family through, I told him how proud I was of him and we had a really nice discussion about things.
And of course it's not a funeral on this side of the family without drama. When my uncle died, he had a mustand a cadillac and a brand new motorcycle in his name. His sister already has asked to get the cadillac and the bike, which my other uncle, the oldest brother who's been taking care of David's affairs and all said they were going to sell those two things, pay off the service we jsut had today, and then whatever was left was going to be divided among the siblings. Then she said she wanted the ashes, when it had already been decided by 3 of the 5 siblings that they were going to scatter the ashes at Taylorsville Lake, his favorite place to fish. An ex girlfriend of David's was telling everyone that his death was no accident it was murder because the kid who was involved in the wreck didn't wait for traffic to clear (that's not what happened). Half of my cousins wouldn't talk to the other half because 'they're delinquents' or 'they're too stuck up'. At any rate, it's over and maybe the family can begin to heal. My mom and sister have been taking it really hard. Lenny took it really hard too, he told me that David had been his ONLY friend at one time, at a point when his addictions were at their worst.
They had a nice fish tank but this blue fish was the jewel in it.
Guess who was on babysitting duty? Yeah, for 3 hours. and these turds didn't want to sit still.
Got to see some of my cousins and some family that I haven't seen in literally decades. My dad came and even though him and mom aren't married anymore everyone was still glad to see him. I even got to see my mother's second husband Lenny. The last time I saw him was when mom told him he had to leave, that she was done dealing with him and his drug addictions. I remember sitting on the couch with him that day as she yelled and screamed at cried at him that he needed to get better because it was breaking my mom's heart. He had hugged me and thanked me for being such a kind person and then left, and I hadn't seen him again until today, so that's been about 12 years ago? Dang... Anyway, he got clean and sober 7 years ago, met a woman and got his life right, he's really big into his faith and going to church and speaking about his life and the mistakes he made. He apologized to me for all he'd put our family through, I told him how proud I was of him and we had a really nice discussion about things.
And of course it's not a funeral on this side of the family without drama. When my uncle died, he had a mustand a cadillac and a brand new motorcycle in his name. His sister already has asked to get the cadillac and the bike, which my other uncle, the oldest brother who's been taking care of David's affairs and all said they were going to sell those two things, pay off the service we jsut had today, and then whatever was left was going to be divided among the siblings. Then she said she wanted the ashes, when it had already been decided by 3 of the 5 siblings that they were going to scatter the ashes at Taylorsville Lake, his favorite place to fish. An ex girlfriend of David's was telling everyone that his death was no accident it was murder because the kid who was involved in the wreck didn't wait for traffic to clear (that's not what happened). Half of my cousins wouldn't talk to the other half because 'they're delinquents' or 'they're too stuck up'. At any rate, it's over and maybe the family can begin to heal. My mom and sister have been taking it really hard. Lenny took it really hard too, he told me that David had been his ONLY friend at one time, at a point when his addictions were at their worst.
They had a nice fish tank but this blue fish was the jewel in it.
Guess who was on babysitting duty? Yeah, for 3 hours. and these turds didn't want to sit still.
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Date: September 4th, 2015 03:27 am (UTC)I'm glad it was decent except for the drama. Hope things work out all right regarding everything.
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Date: September 4th, 2015 05:27 pm (UTC)(I'm crappy at this stuff, but please know that the sentiment is sincere)
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Date: September 6th, 2015 01:57 am (UTC)Thank you ♥