Asking For Special Prayer

I haven't posted much informative update on here because we have a skanky reporter in our town who has already beaten the life out of this story. On the off-chance that she discovers my blog somehow (thank goodness my Myspace and Facebook are private!), I didn't want not-yet-released information coming into her hands. Hence, the lack of information about my husband's accident or any progress reports.

It is now public media information, though, that the funeral is tomorrow afternoon. It has been a long journey to this point. It is unusual for there to be so much delay between a death and a burial but red tape does that when the cause of death is "non-natural".

I'm really stressed and I'm worried about tomorrow. While I know Steve is not in his body, it was the "huggy part" and I don't know how I'm going to go with such a final letting go. I've not seen his body and I won't. I watched him being brought out of the river (covered) and I have chosen to remember him as he was: unbelievably happy and full of life and love, as you can see above.

So many people have told me or written to me that they had never seen Steve so happy in his life as he was after he met me. I feel so proud that I could be that person in his life. That what I brought into his life was special enough that everybody could see the difference. I logged into his Facebook the other day to make sure there was nothing there and read a quick e-mail he'd written to an overseas friend. Part of it went: "Yes, I got married to Kristy on January 12, 2008, and it's great." He never knew I would read that but it touched my heart. I've been overwhelmed by the consistency of that report and it means so much.

The funeral is Friday, April 4, 2pm South Australian time. This is Thursday, April 3, 8:30pm in California or 10:30pm in Alabama. You can go here to convert my time to your time if you're in another country or time zone.

I'm asking you to pray for me, even off and on, from that time onwards. Please! If you can manage it, please pray for me particularly for a few hours. Pray that I will make it through. I don't want to miss any of the service; any of the tributes. I don't want to have to go out, however I do get kind of claustrophobic in situations like that. When I'm stressed and upset and physically overwhelmed, I start to get suffocated without fresh air. Please, please pray me through. I'm so grateful for all you people who have banded together to hold me up. Thank you!