Funeral Conundrum

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My dad has to make a big decision, and it’s not one I would want to have to make. Two funerals are being held on the same day, and he has to decide which one to attend. Both families asked him to speak. The first (Edwin) is the father of one of his best friends. My dad knew his father well, and visited him regularly as his health faded over the years and he couldn’t leave the house. The second is a man (Donald) who was one of my dad’s role models growing up. He was my dad’s Sunday school teacher as a child, and my dad even ended up being the pastor to his daughter and her family. Every time my dad would go home to visit his late mother, he’d go see that man and his wife. Why can’t he go to both? Because the funerals are three hours away from each other. I do want to say these two men were wonderful people. Edwin was my professor for one of my classes in college, and I would see Donald every time I visited my paternal grandmother. Edwin served in the Army, and Donald was a child survivor of polio. He was left with a terrible limp, but he never let that slow him down. Both were men I was proud to know, and they lived all the way into their 90s. I know they are in Heaven, and I’m thankful I knew them.