Jenni went with her mom and sister to go work on the program for the funeral service. I'm sitting here with my only company being the pet turtle. We slept soundly last night. Jenni took some of the Benadryl I got her, and she slept through the whole night. Blessed sleep. You don't know how sweet it is until you have a couple sleepless nights. I almost slept till noon today when I usually get up around 7am.

Jenni's dad was cremated this morning and Jenni had a tough time with the knowing that his death was final. Jenni's mom wanted to get an urn for us and all I could think about was the movie Meet the Parents where the cat pees on the ashes. Kind of messed up I know, but that's what I thought of. It sounds like it's going to be small and Jenni is comforted with the idea that a part of her dad is close to her.

We have felt very blessed with all of the love we have felt from friends. So many asking about when the funeral is going to be held. Keep in mind a lot of these people don't know Jenni's dad from Adam, but they are willing to drive 4 hours to come to the funeral. I am constantly reminded of what God had in mind when he created the concept of family and friendship. We have people constantly bringing meals to the house. Some of our dear friends Andrea & Manoj had a beautiful Edible Arrangement sent to us today. We just feel very blessed.

We held each other in bed today as I told her how proud I was with how she was going through the healing process. She cries every now and then but laughs too. We watched a home video of her dad today where he was being the usual goofball that he is. It made us laugh. It was good to remember how he was before he got sick.

We've learned to laugh at some things that probably shouldn't be laughed at... Like when the guy at the cremation place thought they needed to charge more for the cremation because they mistook Jenni's Dad's ID code for his weight. Anything over 300 lbs. is extra and his ID code was 405. We had a good laugh at that.

I'm about to go pay some bills. It's funny that when a death happens in the family, life keeps going on even though time seems to stand still. There are still bills to pay. There is still work needing to be done. There are still people counting on you. Sometimes you need to pick up some of the responsibilities of the person who just left you. We'll be alright though because we are not alone. We are far from alone.