re: What is the saddest event you've attended?

November 17, 2013

This was the last time I spent with my best friend of many years during his battle with cancer. I never will forget that day and the conversation we had. He was given a terminal diagnosis and knew the end was near. I cried the rest of that day knowing that was the last meaningful conversation we would ever have and thinking of the family he was leaving behind. That day was the worst part of it for me because I knew the physical and mental pain he had when there was absolutely nothing anyone could do. It was a huge relief when I got the call of his passing and the funeral was a blur to me because I knew the pain he had was over. Looking back, I understand that his pain was only temporary while his loved ones' pain is forever.

RIP EJW