A choir sang as a lone violin played. My mind can't think of anything but this. Sunday's service was a gigantic show of grief. Thousands filled the parking lot and flowed across a street. Some stood on the roof of a restaurant just to see the podium.
Love is stronger than death.
State Sen. Norma Anderson and state Rep. Don Lee, whose districts include the high school, were also on the podium. Christian singers Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith both sang songs, and the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, also spoke. U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., did not attend. We had planned to be with our family. I didn't find out about the memorial service until Friday, and by then I had made plans to be with my family.