My somber mood stayed with me through the night. There was no chance of let up either, as Kade and I were in the parking lot of Sarah’s funeral service.

“I don’t know if I can go in there,” I spoke to Kade, watching people enter the funeral home.

I wasn’t sure if I could handle going into my childhood best friend’s funeral. I had barely come to terms with the fact that she was gone, just erased from the world forever. It seemed impossible to ...