04/12/2026
๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐.
Yesterday, I attended a double funeral for an incredible couple I had the honor of working with in 2007.
I remember their beginning โ full of love, promise, and a future that felt limitless. Over the years, I watched them growโฆ becoming parents, building businesses, creating a life together. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ.
Yesterday, I stood in a room where two families are now holding each other up, doing everything they can to protect the future of their two sons. I watched their sons try to process something no child should ever have to understand.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
In this work, our clients become like family. We donโt just plan events โ we witness lifeโs most meaningful chapters. This is a photo from their wedding dayโฆ them stepping into a limo, ready to drive off into the sunset of love and possibility.
Yesterday, I watched them carried into two hearses.
A very heartbreaking โride into the sunset.โ
Rest in peace.
And to anyone who may be strugglingโฆ
Please hear me: ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
If you need support, you are not alone:
โข Call or text 988 โ 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
โข Text HOME to 741741 โ Crisis Text Line
โข If you are in immediate danger, call 911
Please check on your people. And if you need to, reach out and talk to someone.
With love,
JDV
Photo Credit: Muรฑoz Photography
