A Day Before A Wedding Essay

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I know a week before a wedding can be very hectic, trying to get the last minute things done and everything finalized. What I didn’t think would be in wedding plans is trying to figure out a time to take a break from the wedding and make time for a visitation and a funeral. I thought that would be the worst thing that weekend that could happen, until I was told someone else I was close to passed away. So, not only was there a wedding that we had to go but, we also had to add in two funerals in the span of about six days. Let’s back up and start the story the week before the wedding on Wednesday, August 27th. The time I heard about the first death, who was my brothers best friend Drew Doyle. After hearing about this the wedding kinda of had a few down sides because, the couple wanted to make sure Drew could still be part of the wedding. That’s when the changed the program and added a few things to the wedding. It was extremely hard to go through the day knowing that after the wedding we would be going straight to a visitation. Everyone tried to make the day as good as possible for the wedding and the couple. But, it was really hard knowing that Drew would be there help and be in the wedding. Throughout the wedding, the couple added a few things to try and incorporate the …show more content…

As soon as we got there, my Dad got a call saying my Grandma’s best friend Sandy Hanson, had passed away from cancer. Which made going to Drew’s visitation that much harder knowing that in three days we had to go to another visitation and funeral. We went to garner for Drew’s visitation. It was hard watching my brother have to go through the pain of losing one of his best friends and not knowing how to help him go through. As soon as we walked through the door there were so many pictures of Drew, his family and friends hanging on posters boards before you went to the

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