I watched the funeral of Garrett Styles on TV today. Part of the tragedy of his death was that his two kids (one six months, the other two and half years) will never know him.
There were at least 7000 officers from all over North America who attended the funeral.
The most moving part of this event was his wife's eulogy.
John McDermott sang "You Raised Me Up" and the bagpipes played "Amazing Grace" at the end of the service. Somehow music expresses more about a person's life than speeches do.
In the words of Randy Travis in the song "Three Wooden Crosses", "It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go".
Posted by qualteam
at 10:57 PM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:25 PM EDT
St Johns