A Father’s Farewell Denied
My husband, a military colonel with whom I’d been married for ten years, was barred from entering our son’s funeral wake.
Because before our son died, he made three final wishes.
The first wish was not to tell his father about his death just yet, as he was afraid the news would upset him.
Secondly, to cook his father’s favorite meal and let his father be there for his final birthday.
Lastly, if his father were to miss his birthday, then under no circumstances—no matter what—never allow that man to appear before his grave.
Even though the man’s eyes were bloodshot and his body was shaking as he cried his heart out in the torrential rain lashing outside the funeral home, I never let the m