Funerals: Not for everyone

by Nadia Ghanny

I am now comfortable with the topic of "death"&"funerals" at this point in my life since I have many personal experiences in this area, my father passed in 98, my grandmother in 94, my grandfather when I was only 4 or 5, ...read more

by Erin Knight

I have always thought funerals were for the living, not the dead. It is the final time for the deceased's loved ones gather in their honor. It is a chance to grieve with the comfort of others around, and to pay your final ...read more

by Judy Merrill

While funeral services are not for everyone, it could be considered that the form of the service could be the problem. The current approach to funeral services is to mourn the loss and confirm the death. If the service w...read more

by Zachary Snyder

I am not a fan of funerals. But, when you think about it, who could possibly be? Is there someone who actually enjoys spending time at a funeral home? Well either way, that person is not me. It could have stemmed from ...read more

by Angel Sharum

I don't really like traditional funerals. I think they are too depressing, and often the person the service is for is the thing that's least talked about. Instead, the preacher uses the funeral as another venue to spread...read more

by A. Major

We often fear what we don't understand. Being a funeral heretic, whenever one comes around, I sweat for days, dreading the ordeal and wishing I could be invisible. As for wakes, I fear them even more, having to co-mingle...read more

by L. Beall

The church is filled with flowers and soft music is playing in the background; the pews are filled with people that have tissues in hand crying more than they have ever cried before. Funerals are a time to gather together ...read more

by Christine G.

When someone dies, we need a rite (or series of rites) of closure. Without it, we will have trouble believing that the person is really dead. Our grief, which is often repressed while we are in a stage of shock, may neve...read more

by Just Me Here

FUNERALS: NOT FOR EVERYONE My first experience with death was with my grandfather. I was a young girl, the tender age of 11 years old and not very understanding of why those we love are taken from us. When you are youn...read more

by Thaxton Lewis

Losing a loved one is never easy. For some of us, the very idea of death is a frightening thing. In the 1940's and 50's, some people actually had the body of a loved one brought to their home, and this is where the ...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

The first funeral that I should have attended was that of my grandfather.I had never been to a funeral before and was not even told about this one. My parents went without me whilst I was left with a distant relative knowi...read more

by Jon E.

My will will first and foremost read to my posterity and acquaintances, "Bury me in a pine box." No, funerals are not for everyone. The strain of saying goodbye to the dead is both unnecessary and does little to provide...read more

by Kimberly Schiller

Funerals are usually seen as an organized opportunity to grieve and pay your respects for a deceased friend or family member. The religious or cultural gatherings and ceremonies, in conjunction with the burial, allow loved...read more

by KissyO

Since I can't refuse to die, I simply refuse to have a funeral. My children have had this fact drilled into their heads since they were old enough to hear about such things. "Cremate me. Do not pay a funeral director ...read more

by Cee Cee Asbury

It was a cold December day in Kansas. The year was 1998, but I recall that sad day as though it were yesterday. The telephone rang and I ran, catching it on the third ring. I was thinking it was someone calling to wish our...read more

by Darr Kingston

Not everything is for everyone, but like it or not some things we all have to go through. Pain is one of those things we all go through even though we may experience it differently. As in love; we all go through it but yet...read more

by Gary Betts

Funerals, in my mind, are nothing more than pure torture for the love ones of the deceased. As a young child I was forced to attend many funerals of family members. There was always crying, sobbing, and long faces. I can e...read more

by Doug Mackey

Funerals Are Not for Everyone When I was in the insurance business I felt it was mandatory for me to attend the funerals of my clients and their families. I would see the family of the deceased mourning, family and fr...read more

by Charlier Foddrell

I was born and raised in the South. I was raised to believe that attending one's funeral is your last chance to show respect to that individual; or the family. There are of course times that this will be awkward. Li...read more

by Ashley Benlove

I HATE Funerals. I hate going to them. I avoid them like the plague. I don't like them. In the past eight years or so, I have only been to two funerals: my great-aunt's (my maternal's grandmother's sister) and my uncle (sa...read more