Anyone who frequents here will know that I'm a bit of an amateur filmmaker. Normally, I make stuff that is either funny or at least entertaining (hopefully!) This past week I had a somewhat different assignment. Some of you may recall that our good friend, Gretchen, was in a horrible car accident about a month ago. She was seriously injured, and her brand-new husband Derrek was killed. Mommy Dearest and I were really excited to meet Derrek. Gretchen is one of our MOST spunky friends, and we figured he'd be the same. She was living down in California with Derrek, where he was in the Navy. She was planning on bringing him up for our Karaoke Idol party to meet. Instead, we attended his funeral today. So, I did what I could for Gretchen... I spent much of the last week making a memorial video for the service. It was a little strange for me to do... normally I'm trying to make people laugh with my videos. This one was supposed to make people sad. But I did it with gusto -- The Otis/BrodH20.

Full post and Otis' video here

DFO: Thanks, Otis.

Question: What's the best way to help a someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one, particularly one who has died unexpectedly?

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