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(JD) · Oct 10, 2010, 11:26 AM

I took my last ride with Sol today. It seemed like an eternity from the funeral home to the cemetery, even though police excorts (5?) blocked traffic the whole way. Strange to drive through so many red lights.

Being a jewish funeral, all were invited to shovel dirt onto the coffin in the grave. The first is done with shovel upside down, to show reluctance. After the second, you put the shovel back into the dirt rather than hand it to the next, to not pass along your grief, but for each to have their own. I nearly couldn't do it. But I did.

I couldn't go to the home afterwards though. I am too distraught at losing my best friend, and didn't want to be anyone's focus. I would have love to go and hear everything I could about Sol, the stuff I knew and the stuff I could learn.

I did learn at the service that the faith following the family has believes in the resurrection, and that comforted me a bit.

Please do continue to pray for me that I will make good decisions even though I'm surely not thinking clearly. I'm really beginning to hate the idea of death.

Goodbye ole' friend.