Tribute V: The End
2(January 11, 2012)
This is the fifth and final (for the forseeable future) Tribute video I have made in Honor of my Dad.
Today is the second anniversary of Life's End.
This video encapsulates Everything: the entire Life of my Dad, Life's End, the Aftermath, our Lives two years since - what we've done, how it's affected us, what is left of our Family.
The words in white in the black background are from my mom's diary of the morning of Life's End. I got her permission to do so. It might seem morbid, but it is just for the sake of clairvoyance; I don't want to hold back pulling on your heartstrings, filling you in on what actually happened as much as I can.
This video takes you through my Dad's entire Life, then our Life with Him, the last Christmas we had with Him, and the morning of Life's End, the funeral, the aftermath.
MAKING OF:
I began working on this video in late August 2011. I got the inspiration for it at the visitation for my great grandad 'Papa' Earl Nelson at Lloyd James funeral home - the same place as my Dad' visitation and funeral. I gathered and scanned and scouted for pictures and video for 5 months. Including going to ETMC - to where He was taken and pronounced Dead - a place I swore I'd never set foot in again. Making this video really screwed with my mind. In October, there were a few nights where I actually daydreamed about committing suicide. I couldn't stand not having my Dad. But no worries. I'm past all of that. I'll be around. And it was all worth it to pay Him a good tribute. And it is done.
I can't wait to go Home, to see Him again after so dang long. I am living to honor Him, to see Him again.
My Dad was the best man and Father ever.
Thank you for watching.
MUSIC:
Song 1: Keep on the Sunny Side, The Whites.
Song 2: My Hope is in You, Aaron Shust.
Song 3: Draw Me Close, Kutless
Song 4: Cry of the Heart, Michael W. Smith
Song 5: The Offering, Michael W. Smith
Song 6: Love Has Come, Mark Schultz