Kris’s funeral was on Friday, March 16th, 2018. Today, April 16th, 2018, is one month since his memorial service. I want to share what I said at Kris’s service. It’s not exactly word for word what I said. I’ve edited, added, and clarified some things.
This was at a wedding in July 2014.
I knew I wanted to speak at the service. I started thinking about it as soon as I found out Kris’s body was being transported back to the country, and we could actually start planning the funeral. But I didn’t really tell anyone I was going speak, just in case I lost my nerve. One night I couldn’t sleep because all I was thinking about was what I wanted to say at the memorial service. So I knew I needed to speak. Kris would have done it for me. It was just a matter of actually getting up in front of an unknown number of people, knowing I would be a wreck anyway. I wrote everything out that I wanted to say twice. …
