The following days were a whirlwind of emotions and planning. Even though the Marine Corps said they were paying for the funeral, we still had to plan every single detail with them. Once the funeral was planned, it didn’t take too long to execute it perfectly and flawlessly.
On the day of the funeral, Josh and Nick both opted to wear their funeral attire from work. The state issues dress uniforms for them in the event that an officer dies and the two of them still have them left over from Williams funeral. I stood tall in my black dress as I looked at myself in the mirror. I did my best to smooth the skirt of the dress out as I caught a glimpse of Nick out of the corner of my eye.
“Hey,” he says as he walks over to me. He gently wraps his hand around my waist and kisses my exposed coll
