tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1783860232402654375..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: FuneralAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20304348284005484242020-08-03T09:25:12.309-04:002020-08-03T09:25:12.309-04:00Which reminds me, you need to write up some stuff ...Which reminds me, you need to write up some stuff for your funeral, and let’s put together some of those video pieces in the next month or so. The church is perfectly set up for filming now. And it’s not like you and I will look any better in the coming years.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83718978363989818922020-08-03T00:13:32.376-04:002020-08-03T00:13:32.376-04:00I've always despised the term, though indeed I...I've always despised the term, though indeed I have no objection to a funeral that both acknowledges grief and revels in memories of the deceased.<br /><br />The most annoying thing about invitations to a celebration of life is that the person issuing the invitation somehow always manages to imply that he's just now thought of this novel notion: you thought we were going to mope, but we're going to do something fresh: Cheer up! we're going to celebrate! Because that's just the kind of people we are! It's barely tolerable if I wasn't strongly attached to the deceased, and perfectly awful if I was.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-45720131729157255992020-08-02T15:00:43.712-04:002020-08-02T15:00:43.712-04:00Though not what you mean by "Celebration of L...Though not what you mean by "Celebration of Life" I would have been pleased for some of my father's accomplishments to have been acknowledged beyond the fact that he donated mucho dollars to a church, and therefore I also should. He was far from a perfect man - married five times, three divorces. But he was also always financially honest and helped many people with no interest loans or forgiven loans that kept several businesses in business.<br /><br />How about "Acknowledgment of a Life well-lived"? <br /><br />I'm also thinking of the murder of a friend and what her family put together as a 'celebration" of her life. She and her husband were murdered because they were living as they thought they should -- to always help someone in need. In their case, it was to offer someone a ride home. <br /><br />Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12036297377859307372020-08-02T14:36:06.522-04:002020-08-02T14:36:06.522-04:00mc23 -- I hear you.
My father's funeral suff...mc23 -- I hear you. <br /><br />My father's funeral suffered from multiple clergy, even though he chose the clergy before he died. Actually, my father's funeral was traumatic for me in several ways and it's led to me instructing my offspring on what NOT to do at my funeral. <br /><br /><br /><br /> Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-26201770050816976512020-08-01T23:12:29.946-04:002020-08-01T23:12:29.946-04:00I went to a "Celebration of Life" funera...I went to a "Celebration of Life" funeral at a black Methodist church for a forty year old women who died of a chronic disease.The parents were grief stricken and the pastor of the church was seemingly oblivious to the family members, bebopping to the music as the family filed out, no empathy from him at all. <br /><br />The funeral was presided over by multiple clergy as the father was a retired pastor and portions of the ceremony were discordant with with the needs of friends and family. I thought it seemed cruel.mc23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03709846671963924532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-81030293408462771842020-08-01T23:00:24.351-04:002020-08-01T23:00:24.351-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.mc23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03709846671963924532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18090425431547626912020-08-01T21:29:40.007-04:002020-08-01T21:29:40.007-04:00Even with a traditional New Orleans funeral, the m...Even with a traditional New Orleans funeral, the march to the grave was solemn. It was only the return that was lively.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com