Today I conducted a funeral for a 58 year old man. He died from cancer on May 26. He lived in the inner city and his life was a difficult one. His son is 29 and did not get to meet his father until he was 18. The son is estranged from both his mother and his father. He was not going to have a funeral service for his dad but some of his dad's friends said they wanted to have a service for him. The sad thing is that after arranging to have this funeral the friends did not show up at his father's funeral. There were only two people at the service. The deceased's son and the ex-wife whom he has been separated from for more than twenty years. After 58 years on the earth there were only two people who cared enough to say goodbye. Some days are just sad. I guess we can only pray for them and hope that the days ahead will be better.
It was good to come home and see pictures of my family and to know that no matter how hard things might get I still have people who care.
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