In 2016 I unexpectedly lost my best friend Kekoa. As you may be doing now, I too had to make this difficult decision. I did not know what to do, where to go, or even what to expect. I found a cremation service that was fairly close, so I made the arduous journey up. I turned down a daunting road towards what I believed was a respectable establishment. It couldn’t have been any further from the truth. As the rain began to fall, I was led toward a garage and told to place my beloved best friend on the tailgate of a pickup and say my goodbye. The entire way home, and even to this very day, I can’t believe what I was asked to do, or what I had done.