Celebrate the life of your friend!!!!!!!! I too lost a friend in recent days. I hadn't seen Lisa in some years but we always were happy to see each other. She always wanted a huge birthday celebration.....so we sang "Happy Victory Day" to her at the Homegoing Service!
Never to trivialize your lost, I watched "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" with the kids last night and it had a wonderful message about living life and accepting His sovereignty(guess I spelled it right) Love and wishes for "just" a great Day! (See the movie)