Bob, the musical plush tiger · 04/02/2010 11:24 pm by Bron
wow. that’s all I can say.
I was a little blown away by Lui’s funeral. There would have been close to 200 people at the mass. He was larger than life. And as Anna-maria said, he knew everyone. The eulogy she gave was so well written, and incredibly well delivered. I could never be as steadfast as she was standing up there, if anything happened to either of my brothers. I would simply be physically, mentally and emotionally- incapable.
It is an especially hard time for their family because Lui’s grandmother died the day before he did. He had also been getting better, and had moved out of the ICU.
I find it so hard only learning things about people once they’re gone. All the things you never knew, all the questions you never thought to ask. I am always filled with an aching, to be a better person.
At the burial, they play more of his music. Lui on drums, Aaron on sax. We throw dirt on the coffin, and everyone waits to offer their condolences to his parents and his sister.
As we are leaving, we pass by his grave again. Aaron stops and just stands there in the heat of the day. And this image breaks my heart. He has just had a daughter, and he has to say goodbye to one of his best friends.
