Essay: You should go to the funeral
You should go to the funeral (or create your own) I’ve written previously about how you should have a funeral for yourself, and I’m sticking to it. But you should also attend the funerals, memorials, celebrations of life, wakes or whatevers for the people you care about. Unless you can’t. Because sometimes you can’t. If that’s the case, I suggest creating your own. Find a way to grieve or wait for the grief to find you. Aunt Muriel (center) helping at our wedding rehearsal I grew up attending funerals and visitations on the regular. They were announced on the local AM radio station that my parents listened to 24-7. This is how the announcer said it: The funeral of Betty Smith will be at 3 pm on Saturday afternoon at ABC Lutheran Church. Friends may call at the Small Town Funeral Home from noon to 2 pm that day. Friends may call! As I child I wondered: Who are they calling? The dead person? Translation: you go to the funeral home, walk past the casket while trying not to be creepe...
