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My father is lying peacefully in an open casket with flowers all over the room. Flowers that have likely been cut from their stems too soon. But that's not what happened to my father. We didn't expect him to pass this early in life, but he was ready. My mother was waiting for him.
That's what I keep reminding myself. That's what I'm going to tell everyone today when I stand up to speak about the man I respected and looked up to—the man who put family first and created a business that I'm proud to be a part of and a legacy that I'm honored to carry on.
