Putting the Fun in FuneralSome deaths come suddenly or too soon and can really hit hard, others seem to be a blessed relief. Similarly, some funerals can be deeply upsetting and sad, others can make you want to hug the world.
Mmm, don't want to bring you down or anything, but tell us your funeral stories...
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chthonic, Thu 11 May 2006, 9:31)
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sad momentthe last remaining grandparent passes away; the focal point of that generation moves on; the brother and two sisters (around 60) realise that they are to become the focal points for the next 'set' of the family ...
we all attend the crematorium on the day ... then return presently for the scattering of the ashes ... memorial books are browsed, the grandchildren (in their 20s and 30s) develop a sense that maybe we won't see each other again as the family fragments ...
before the scattering of the ashes, i have to visit the crematorium loo ... i come back a few minutes later and an aunt (whom i haven't seen since) fixes me with a glint in her eye and says, "pounds lighter eh?"
but that's family for you...
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