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The day of the funeral had come by quickly. The whole family was grieving in their own little ways. Eric who grieved his sister and his brother-in- law by cry and often looking through old photo's of when he and Julie were little. Annie who tried so hard to try and take care of Erica knowing that it would be tough for her when she was older. Never getting to know her true parents. Eric and Annie both agreed it would be easier to just say that she wasn't adopted. That way she wouldn't want to know much about Julie and Hank and it wouldn't have to cause the pain for the family to have to tell her about it. The colonel and Ruth both agreed on this too. The colonel at first believed it was wrong, saying that every child deserved the right to know about its true parents. The kids just grieved mostly by crying and keeping to themselves. All and all this death was hard on the Camden's. It was the morning of the funeral. Mary was in the twin's room getting them and Erica ready for the funeral. Mary's attention turned towards Erica, who was smiling and stirring around in the playpen.
Mary: (to herself) If only you could talk kid. If only you could know what is happening. Cause kid I guarantee that after that court date your life will change...forever.
Lucy, who overheard everything that Mary had just said, came in. Mary heard her footsteps and turned her way.
Lucy: It must have been hard, hearing from some nurse that they died. Thinking they were just going to be gone for the night.
Mary: (quietly) Yeah, well what would you know? She said that last question to herself, not expecting Lucy to hear it.
Lucy: (sighing) Mary I happen to know more than you think. I see it in you that this is hard for you. Heck everyone sees that. Mary just take some advice from a younger sister. Don't blame it on yourself. What happened is not in anyway your fault.
Mary: (confused) How did you know?
Lucy: Because I see it in you. You think to yourself its all your fault. You should have said no last week. You should have made an excuse not to baby-sit. God knows that no matter what happened that night, none of it was your fault. You couldn't stop what happened. She said hoping Mary would stop taking it so hard. Stop blaming herself for it.
With that Lucy looked at Mary one last time and walked out the door. It being the last thing Lucy said to her before the funeral.
~The funeral~
It was crowded. Lots of people who knew Julie and Hank had come to say their good-byes to the two. Eric was to speak at the funeral and so was Mary. Finally the whole place quieted as Eric walked up to the podium.
Eric: Thank you everybody for coming today to say our good-bye to Julie and Hank Hastings. this day has seemed to come so fast for my family and me. I am sure the same goes for most of you also. Julie has always been a wonderful woman to me. She was my sister, my friend, and my partner in crime. I helped her through her problems and she helped me through mine. The same goes for Hank. I have to admit at first when I first heard these two were dating, then getting married I wasn't really that supportive with the two. There was once a time that for various reasons my family and I didn't like Dr. Hastings. Though looking back those problems seemed to fade away with time. To us all it seems that these young people were taken away from life to early in time. They had lives to live and things to experience. But we also know that God takes people off this earth for a reason and he must have had a good reason to take Julie and Hank off this earth so early. So now if you will please join me in a moment of silence to respect the late Mr. and Mrs. Hank and Julie Hastings.
After Eric spoke the group of people settled down and talked amongst each other for a while. Soon after Mary walked up to the podium and spoke. Se was asked to speak at this funeral by her father. He said that he thought it would help her a little to get all the anger and frustrating, sadness and any other emotion she felt out. Reluctantly she agreed though she knew giving speeches was never her best thing, especially when talking about somebody or people in this case who had died.
Mary:
Well as most of you know already I am the one that received the call last Friday night saying that my aunt and uncle had died. I was babysitting their daughter, Erica when it happened. That night I had a lot of emotion running through me. I thought to myself why? Why did they have to die so early? What had they ever done to this world to cause such a horrible thing to happen to them? This week as my dad said has gone by quickly. Most of it was spent crying and wondering why this had to happen?
May closed her eyes before she continued. She could feel the tears welling in her eyes. She couldn't cry anymore, so she continued.
Ever since last week the one thing I kept telling myself was that it was my fault. That if I had said I couldn't baby-sit, that if I had made up an excuse they would still be alive. She sighed then shakily continued. Thanks to my younger sister, Lucy I no longer believed that. I as all of you don't know why they were killed in that car accident last week but I know why ever they were killed it was in no way my fault. I love you aunt Julie and Uncle Hank. May you rest in peace. With that she walked off the stage and into her fathers arms. Crying the whole time.
The rest of the funeral was the same way. Many tears were shed that day. People shared stories of long ago about the two everyone said something about them. Every story, every memory whatever it was that brought these people together. Everybody was sad that Julie and Hank had died. That day everything from the past week was let out. Everyone let out their emotions through stories and memories. For some it was the last tear they would she for the two, for others this was just the beginning.
The day of the funeral had come by quickly. The whole family was grieving in their own little ways. Eric who grieved his sister and his brother-in- law by cry and often looking through old photo's of when he and Julie were little. Annie who tried so hard to try and take care of Erica knowing that it would be tough for her when she was older. Never getting to know her true parents. Eric and Annie both agreed it would be easier to just say that she wasn't adopted. That way she wouldn't want to know much about Julie and Hank and it wouldn't have to cause the pain for the family to have to tell her about it. The colonel and Ruth both agreed on this too. The colonel at first believed it was wrong, saying that every child deserved the right to know about its true parents. The kids just grieved mostly by crying and keeping to themselves. All and all this death was hard on the Camden's. It was the morning of the funeral. Mary was in the twin's room getting them and Erica ready for the funeral. Mary's attention turned towards Erica, who was smiling and stirring around in the playpen.
Mary: (to herself) If only you could talk kid. If only you could know what is happening. Cause kid I guarantee that after that court date your life will change...forever.
Lucy, who overheard everything that Mary had just said, came in. Mary heard her footsteps and turned her way.
Lucy: It must have been hard, hearing from some nurse that they died. Thinking they were just going to be gone for the night.
Mary: (quietly) Yeah, well what would you know? She said that last question to herself, not expecting Lucy to hear it.
Lucy: (sighing) Mary I happen to know more than you think. I see it in you that this is hard for you. Heck everyone sees that. Mary just take some advice from a younger sister. Don't blame it on yourself. What happened is not in anyway your fault.
Mary: (confused) How did you know?
Lucy: Because I see it in you. You think to yourself its all your fault. You should have said no last week. You should have made an excuse not to baby-sit. God knows that no matter what happened that night, none of it was your fault. You couldn't stop what happened. She said hoping Mary would stop taking it so hard. Stop blaming herself for it.
With that Lucy looked at Mary one last time and walked out the door. It being the last thing Lucy said to her before the funeral.
~The funeral~
It was crowded. Lots of people who knew Julie and Hank had come to say their good-byes to the two. Eric was to speak at the funeral and so was Mary. Finally the whole place quieted as Eric walked up to the podium.
Eric: Thank you everybody for coming today to say our good-bye to Julie and Hank Hastings. this day has seemed to come so fast for my family and me. I am sure the same goes for most of you also. Julie has always been a wonderful woman to me. She was my sister, my friend, and my partner in crime. I helped her through her problems and she helped me through mine. The same goes for Hank. I have to admit at first when I first heard these two were dating, then getting married I wasn't really that supportive with the two. There was once a time that for various reasons my family and I didn't like Dr. Hastings. Though looking back those problems seemed to fade away with time. To us all it seems that these young people were taken away from life to early in time. They had lives to live and things to experience. But we also know that God takes people off this earth for a reason and he must have had a good reason to take Julie and Hank off this earth so early. So now if you will please join me in a moment of silence to respect the late Mr. and Mrs. Hank and Julie Hastings.
After Eric spoke the group of people settled down and talked amongst each other for a while. Soon after Mary walked up to the podium and spoke. Se was asked to speak at this funeral by her father. He said that he thought it would help her a little to get all the anger and frustrating, sadness and any other emotion she felt out. Reluctantly she agreed though she knew giving speeches was never her best thing, especially when talking about somebody or people in this case who had died.
Mary:
Well as most of you know already I am the one that received the call last Friday night saying that my aunt and uncle had died. I was babysitting their daughter, Erica when it happened. That night I had a lot of emotion running through me. I thought to myself why? Why did they have to die so early? What had they ever done to this world to cause such a horrible thing to happen to them? This week as my dad said has gone by quickly. Most of it was spent crying and wondering why this had to happen?
May closed her eyes before she continued. She could feel the tears welling in her eyes. She couldn't cry anymore, so she continued.
Ever since last week the one thing I kept telling myself was that it was my fault. That if I had said I couldn't baby-sit, that if I had made up an excuse they would still be alive. She sighed then shakily continued. Thanks to my younger sister, Lucy I no longer believed that. I as all of you don't know why they were killed in that car accident last week but I know why ever they were killed it was in no way my fault. I love you aunt Julie and Uncle Hank. May you rest in peace. With that she walked off the stage and into her fathers arms. Crying the whole time.
The rest of the funeral was the same way. Many tears were shed that day. People shared stories of long ago about the two everyone said something about them. Every story, every memory whatever it was that brought these people together. Everybody was sad that Julie and Hank had died. That day everything from the past week was let out. Everyone let out their emotions through stories and memories. For some it was the last tear they would she for the two, for others this was just the beginning.