Next Steps

We have the venue and the catering lined up for Bryan’s service. This is such a relief and a reminder of how loved Bryan was/is/was/is. Damn, I hate verb tenses right now. HATE. The love still is and will be. Gah. I was nervous about tackling the venue/catering items because I want things to be just right and the sort of party Bryan would have wanted. But my biggest concerns have been calmed. We have speakers for the formal program who are, for lack of a better description, Bryan’s brothers. Bryan was an only child, but he had a knack for choosing to surround himself with people of integrity and honor. I look forward to what each has to say. We will have music, food, and beverages that Bryan loved. We will visit and laugh and cry and tell stories in community. I still have some pretty big tasks left to do, but they seem much more manageable now.

In the meantime, I will bake and paint and create and write.