Joshs' Funeral

I just got back from a funeral today. I had posted previously when I found out he passed away. Josh was 19. I thought he was 18 (his birthday was last month,and I forgot.) All funerals are sad. This one was one of the saddest I have been to. It felt like losing family. The whole family are just wonderful people.Joshs dad is a minister,as is his brother. His mother helped take care of my mom before she died (volunteered,not her job.) So I always held a warm spot in my heart for them. His father also preached my moms and my sisters funeral.

Everyone was talking about Josh and how funny he always was. I remembered around Halloween when I heard a thump on my porch. I opened the door and there was Josh lying there. I was like what are you doing? He couldn't find the latch to the gate so he threw himself over the top of it. He didnt climb he just threw himself backward.

There was also the time he was in Walmart to buy his dad a fathers day gift with another friend. He wore baggy pants and they began falling. Teresa alerted him to the fact and he said, "I can't help it my hands are full. "When they got to the trunk to put the gift inside, they fell around his ankles. She said OH NO JOSH! Your pants fell all the way down. He said "well Teresa PULL EM UP!"

He used to borrow $5 every day off his dad. His dad would ask what he needed with exactly $5 every morning. He said "to buy 9 green eggs." He was a unique person and was loved by so many people that all the seats were taken and people were standing. I wondered how many people realize how loved they are or how much they love someone else.

In 19 years he touched so many lives. It reminds me that I need to take time to remember what is important in life. Josh was one of those people that was in on a secret not many of us knew. He knew life was short and he made the most of every day. He never badmouthed anyone that I know of. He found something to laugh about every day.When he had open heart surgery the doctor was talking to his parents. They thought he was asleep. He sat right up in bed and said "so doc what do you think of these walls being green?"

Thank you to anyone that took time to read this. I know it is getting exceptionally long. I guess the point im trying to get across is.. When you were born you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Try to live your life so that when you die everyone around you will be crying and you will be the one smiling.

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