A friend of mine died recently, and I had prepared the following so I could speak at the funeral. However, during the ceremony it was apparent that my remarks would have been out of place, so I didn’t speak. But now I’m going to share them here.
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Today I’m here to share my anger with Daniel Long. I was told by the family to keep this light and funny, but I’m not ready to do that, yet. I’m angry at Daniel. I’m upset that after knowing him as long as I did that there was still so much about him that I didn’t know. I’m upset that I borrowed three DVDs from him and they sat near my door until after he died. I’m mad that after weeks and years of having lunch with him on Sundays after church, when we were finally getting deeper into our relationship, now he’s gone. I’m mad that after all the weight he lost and getting in better shape, that it wasn’t enough and now he’s gone. I’m upset that in my family of choice, he was the one who always laughed out loud at my inappropriate jokes, and now he’s gone.
But as I work through the stages of grief, I’m happy he’s in a better place. I’m happy that he doesn’t have to eat salads anymore. I’m happy that he introduced me on Facebook to the Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation Society. Daniel didn’t have the strongest computer skills, and somehow he ended up liking this page on Facebook “accidentally”. Once he told us what had happened, I shared the page with my Facebook friends, making sure to tag him in that post.
I’m also happy to share with you all a scene out of one of our shared comedic interests.
Thanks for letting me share.
Touching, and well-written commentary. Drew, “…you use your tongue prettier than a 20 dollar whore!” One of my favorite movies, too. 🙂
Thanks, Ro! I think we’re going to have to gather the family-of-choice together and watch the whole movie…
Nice job Drew.
“Somebody’s gotta go back and get a shit-load of dimes!”