"saying goodbye"
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Filed in: daily photos
| my life
last week, our extended
family suffered a loss.
as some of you know, my cousin, Jordan, has been living with my parents for the past few months. we’ve become pretty close to him over the past years as he and Megan graduated from Pepperdine together. aside from Jordan, we’re not very close with his family or that side of the family. he’s kind of a more distant cousin and we only got connected with him because of he and Megan going to Pepperdine together.
anyway, Jordan’s brother, Jared, passed away last week. today was the funeral. i went up with Bekie and met Megan and my parents there.
it was a bit awkward for a few reasons. first, we aren’t very close to that side of the family. second, it was kind of like a family reunion, but under horrible circumstances. (those are always awkward anyway.) third, they asked Matthew Cork to do the message and i think that trying to give hope and peace to a family you don’t know of a person who took their own life is a difficult thing. (Matthew did a great job and i don’t envy him that task.)
Jordan and his family are, of course, a wreck right now. it’s hard to see anyone going through that kind of pain. i wasn’t sure if i should be there at first, but i’m glad i went now. i know Jordan appreciated it.
obviously, it would have been highly inappropriate to be snapping pictures during the service, but i did take one quick one from the car as we were leaving the graveside service. at least it was a very beautiful day.
on a more positive note, Bekie and i had a great time catching up on the rides up and back. also, she made me go to the Urgent Care to get my foot looked at because i had refused to do so. (it was a little infected.)
as some of you know, my cousin, Jordan, has been living with my parents for the past few months. we’ve become pretty close to him over the past years as he and Megan graduated from Pepperdine together. aside from Jordan, we’re not very close with his family or that side of the family. he’s kind of a more distant cousin and we only got connected with him because of he and Megan going to Pepperdine together.
anyway, Jordan’s brother, Jared, passed away last week. today was the funeral. i went up with Bekie and met Megan and my parents there.
it was a bit awkward for a few reasons. first, we aren’t very close to that side of the family. second, it was kind of like a family reunion, but under horrible circumstances. (those are always awkward anyway.) third, they asked Matthew Cork to do the message and i think that trying to give hope and peace to a family you don’t know of a person who took their own life is a difficult thing. (Matthew did a great job and i don’t envy him that task.)
Jordan and his family are, of course, a wreck right now. it’s hard to see anyone going through that kind of pain. i wasn’t sure if i should be there at first, but i’m glad i went now. i know Jordan appreciated it.
obviously, it would have been highly inappropriate to be snapping pictures during the service, but i did take one quick one from the car as we were leaving the graveside service. at least it was a very beautiful day.
on a more positive note, Bekie and i had a great time catching up on the rides up and back. also, she made me go to the Urgent Care to get my foot looked at because i had refused to do so. (it was a little infected.)