ver0nika23

What a week. A close friend of mine died last friday (complications from lifelong diabeties) and today is the first day I have been able to hold a thought in my head. Death is such a strange thing to get used to, and the practical things that come along with it can be just as overwhelming. Brad died in his sleep-his wife found him and had to call 911 for the coroner to come pick up his body. We then spent the rest of the day comforting her and doing things like calling the coroner to find out where the body was, calling every funeral home in the area to find one that had refridgeration (Brad was cremated and his wife didn't really want his body to be embalmed, so you have to refridgerate after 30 hours), and figuring out what to do for an out of state memorial service. It was very twilight zone. I held up pretty well Friday when I was with his wife, and then came home and had a good bawl with my parents on the phone and on chat. Next week we have to start helping his wife get life insurance, social security payments, and all of the other financials together. The loss of a spouse is hard enough to deal with-having to figure out how to pay next months rent is just rubbing salt in the wound. Thanks to everyone on here for their kind words and to Strumm for sitting with me on chat and letting me cry when I didn't want to be alone.
Remember, one of the greatest gifts that you can give a loved one is to have your final wishes planned out!