Twelve hours later Stephanie and Ben Fischer became husband and wife. He's a good man and they're a good couple and the day was tarnished a bit by the news of my mother but I held up pretty well. I was awakened by my sister Cynthia at 7:30 that morning and was told the news.
The first one I told was Peggy, Then, while working out at the club, I decided I better tell Cynthia not to tell my ex, Diane about it, to spare Diane having to keep the secret until I could decide whether it would be better to share it with Jess and Steph.
At 9:19 am I texted and asked Cynthia not to tell Diane:
"Did you tell Diane? Let me decide when to do that, being Sxteph's wedding day and all. Thanks for taking care of all this. Love, Stephen."It was a moot point. When I finished working out we received a group text from Diane at 9:54 am:
"Thoughts and prayers with all of you and ur family. She was a great woman and I have so many find memories of Melba. She will be missed."
I guess I could have expected that. Maybe Cynthia was right in not letting me worry about whether I should hide that or not but it should have been my decision.
The funeral isn't until October 18th. That's good and bad. Closure put off until then? Whatever...
