After the very stressful night the family and I now had so much to do. So many things that needed to be done in the next couple days. This was the first time I had to be a part of the whole funeral process. We had to go to the funeral home and arrange all of his things. We knew that my father wanted to be cremated and didn't want us to spend a bunch of money on him after he passed away.
After all that was done I decided that I was going to make a little slideshow collage for him at his funeral. At first I didn't know how long it was going to take to get it done. I started off by scanning pictures onto my laptop and just putting things together. Then I started to add some videos in as well. Then for the finishing touch I added some of his favorite songs. I ended up staying up all night putting this slideshow together.
It was emotional putting everything together because I saw all the memories I had with him in his short life... But I did learn while putting the video together that he lived a very full life. It's truly amazing how time flys when you are living life. I know that right now I don't picture life as "the good ole days", but I do know thirty years down the road I'll look back and I will say they were. I now try to cherish every moment in my life now because of my dad.
On the day of the funeral we had so many people show up. A lot of people that I didn't even know in my life. They would come up to me and tell me how my dad helped them through something in their life. They always told me he was a great man and he impacted their lives in certain ways. I never realized on how he has impacted so many people during his lifetime. I can only hope that I will impact as many people as he did in my lifetime. His funeral wasn't even really a sad atmosphere, it was rather joyous as we were celebrating his life. There was laughing and memories being shared throughout the day. That's how my dad would have wanted it.
Here is the video I made for my dad.
R.I.P. Ron Tschannen 1957-2009
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