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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Talking shopMy stepdad is a minister but perhaps is not always overly sympathetic at funerals. At my nan's funeral he sat up front with the undertakers and 'talked shop' with them despite the rest of the family being is floods of tears.
At my great-auntie's funeral (she was a crazy old duck who'd been cuckoo for years and was very old when she died, therefore although sad not hugely distressing) he sat at the front with us all being very solemn and respectful until the organ pipes up a slow mournful tune. My stepdad cheekily whispers 'Got any reggae?' just loud enough for me my brother and sister to hear. Cue stifled laughter and much shaking of the shoulders. Hopefully from the back it looked like paroxisms of grief.
(, Sat 13 May 2006, 13:12, Reply)
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