The Saddest Day Continued

As my mother and I tried to compose ourselves, thoughts were flooding into my brain, we have to call my aunt, we have to call my siblings, oh no Ne-Ne is out of the country. OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO TELL MY CHILDREN. What words would I use when I made these calls? Do you just blurt it out, "Poppa died this morning", or do you try to start the conversations with "Hey! How are you this morning? I have some bad news...." I decided to just pick up the phone. I guess I just figured the words would come when someone answered. As I made the necessary calls, the siblings, Mouse, the preachers, my dear friends, people started showing up. The same words were spoken by most, "I am so sorry", "What a shock", "How will we ever replace him?" All I could think was, you can't even imagine.