August 1, 2024
Today I spent most of the morning in bed crying. I still have so much to do but I just couldn’t get out of bed.
By midafternoon, I was finally up and on the phone with the Prosecutors’ office, the Medical Examiner’s office, my church office and the funeral home. I let the office assistant at the funeral home know we want them to handle John’s funeral in conjunction with my church and need to schedule a meeting with Mr. Caliman for tomorrow.
I’m an empty shell just going through the motions.
The most important call of the day was to First Church of God. Sister Valerie, the Church Clerk, answered the phone and I explained that I needed to speak to someone about scheduling a date for John’s funeral. She let me know Sister Pam handles the funerals for the church and would give me a call back later today.
A few hours later, Sister Pam called and expressed her love and condolences. She gathered a little more information from me, and we decided John’s Homegoing Celebration would be held at First Church of God on August 8, 2024. The viewing will begin at 10am followed by the funeral which will start at eleven.
I thanked her for calling me back, hung up the phone and cried.
It’s official, August 8th will be the day I say my final goodbye to my son.
I still can’t believe he’s dead.
I love you, John.
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