The day’s blurred by until it was finally the day of the funeral when we would finally put my mother’s body to rest. I was looking at myself in the mirror procrastinating, I was making a fuss about the jewelry. Really, I don’t give a dam about jewelry I just didn’t want to see my mother in a casket, I was dreading it. This would make it all the more real. I was still standing at the mirror when Akela walked into my room, he stared at me. I didn’t acknowledge his presence and just kept looking into the mirror, I heard him sigh and he walked up so he was standing behind me. “Mon Coeur, it’s time to go.” I didn’t know he spoke French, huh, you learn something new every day. At least, I think it was French. I looked down at my feet feeling my eyes tear up, I sniffed and wiped my eyes. Well t