Today was Richard's visitation and it was a tough one to get through. Cameron definitely struggled with the sadness of it and was in a bad mood when he finally returned home. Meg and I didn't blame him as we had also attended the visitation this afternoon and thought that it was incredibly sad. We arrived after Cameron had left for golf practice and I was kind of glad that we did. I couldn't stop sobbing as I watched the video tribute of Richard's life. I know that it would have been even worse had I seen Cameron there.
The tribute was very nice and I was thankful to see how much Richard had smiled in each and every picture and video. The prom pictures were the most challenging to look at as it was only a little over a month ago that all of the boys were together having a great time. It was obvious from the pictures that Richard's family and his life at Bethany was extremely important to him. His death would leave a big hole in both. I know that we will never make sense of all of this, but I do hope that we will always think of Richard as the boy smiling and laughing in those pictures.
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