By the end of the day, I was completely drained. If I had to shake one more hand or hear one more person tell me how sorry they were for my loss, I thought I might have lost my mind. It wasn’t that I was ungrateful, it was just that many more people attended than we had expected.
The number of my friends from school, kids I knew well and some I barely spoke with, surprised me. It was a school day, but apparently the administration made an exception. In fact, it seemed like the entire town showed up. There were so many people, we ran out of chairs. Luckily, everyone was agreeable and nobody minded standing.
It was late when Jeff pulled into the hotel parking lot. I was reluctant to go inside, even with feeling so drained. Sitting quietly with him in the truck was all I wanted to do. He gr
