I pondered....

Today I thought long and hard if I wanted to trade shifts so I wouldn't have to work tomarrow. I kept thinking yes I should and again no I shouldn't. There is a funeral tomorrow. I final decided I needed to go.

I have known Dan since I was 1 1/2 years old. Today I found out he passed away at the age of 50. Dan was neighbor and he saw me outside plaing and riding my bike... he saw me growning up. Even when he and his family moved away we still saw him around and it was good old Dan. Then I started working at King Soopers at the same store as Dan.

As soon as I turned 18 I was old enough to work in General Merchandise (the department where Dan was manager). Dan needed some temporary help in GM and he knew I would be heading off to school after the summer so I was honnored when he asked me if I would be in his department.

Some people thought I was crazy and that they thought Dan was mean and that he would be tough on me. Sure he was tough on me but he knew I had the potential and what it took and I didn't think he was mean. We would joke about things he remembered about me and my brothers when we were little.

A few years after I transfered stores a friend of mine, Lewis, go the chance to work with Dan. After I would go visit the store and talk to Dan, Lewis would tell me that I needed to come visit more because Dan was always in a better mood after he saw me.

So tomorrow I will go because I think I need to even though it is hard.