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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
I don't really care for the entire custom of funerals myself. I think they are tortuous. Especially when it's someone close to me. It sometimes feels like your grief is being put on parade for everyone to see.
I would prefer to have the traditional Family Night visitation at the funeral home.... and let that be a celebration of my life. Pictures, slide-show, scrapbooks, etc. Then a very short graveside ceremony. And that's it.
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You and your family should agree to what you desire, custom should not rule.
A good friends father recently died, they had a private open casket for immediate family. Then a family night, and then a service with the grandkids speaking, two former pastors spoke all this with closed casket. No graveside service at all, instead they invited all the friends and family to the home for a catered lunch, and fellowship.
So do it your way, man!! The loved one should direct the content, not the church or pastor.