I stare at a family picture of my friend and classmate
Wondering what will become of them without Phil with them?
What will his wife have to endure as an only parent?
What will his young teenage daughers go thru with the loss of their loving father?
Will they be able to move on and remember the good times they had?
Or will they lose themselves to the void he left behind?

As I prepare to go to the funeral home.
I keep asking myself what comfort can I offer them?
What can I say or do to make their life easier?
To help them understand why this happened?
What difference will it make for them ....

They lost their husband and father.
Nothing will ever be good enough again for them
Nothing can fill that void
Nothing will bring him back.



UGH.. I wish I had something good to say about all this. But its just not there.