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8/13/2008 10:53:44 AM
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For me, some funerals are purely ceremonial while others are very meaningful
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As a kid, I went to lots of funerals too; mostly for my grandparents' friends. I don't remember feeling much of anything about those experiences, one way or another. The first funeral that had any real meaning to me was that of my oldest cousin's husband, who died at age 29 of a brain tumor. I was 19 at the time. Our family went to the Rosary one night, and then to his Funeral Mass a day or two later. I cried like a baby. His death hit me very hard, probably because he was such a young man who should have had (IMO) so many more years to live. He left behind a wife and 2 young children, which made his death even more tragic to me. Somehow, though, I was comforted by the Rosary and Funeral Mass. They felt like a rite of passage, for lack of a better description.
Years later, my dad's large and formal funeral was also an extremely emotional ordeal for me, but at the same time it was VERY meaningful. I felt that by honoring his wishes to have a traditional ceremony with all the bells and whistles, we were honoring HIM.
When my mom died in 2001, we had a simple graveside service with close family members only in attendance. Because that's what she wanted, it felt "right", too.
When my time comes, the family knows what to do - turn my body into ashes and then scatter me in the waves of my beloved Pacific Ocean.
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