Parent's Funeral Analysis

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When my mother insisted that I attend a funeral for one of my grandmother’s friends three months ago, I felt frustrated and disappointed. Three months ago, my grandmother’s family member and best friend passed away due to cancer, yet I am unsure of the form of cancer that took her life. When a person that you know passes away and their family asks your family to attend the funeral for support, you say yes. You walk into the funeral with your best attire and socialize while giving condolences to the immediate family. When people walk up to you, you introduce yourself and let them know how sad you are for their loss. Funerals are not a time to be sad, but instead they are a time for respecting the deceased and celebrating their well-lived life. Two days before my second cousin's funeral I was given the option to attend the viewing and not …show more content…

I had my mind made up that funerals were filled with a bunch of old and depressed people recovering from their lost loved one, but I also was not very close to my deceased cousin so I did not feel entitled to go. Naturally after losing these arguments, I accepted to go to the viewing to get it over with, I wanted to spend the rest of my day slouched over my sticky black keyboard and leather office chair. I spent the rest of the day attending the viewing and dealing with people I did not know or what to get to know, because I was frustrated and wanted to get home to play with my friends. After the viewing, I was told that the following day I had no choice and had to also attend the funeral, which struck my last nerve and made me very disappointed. After attending the viewing and funeral for my second cousin I realized that they weren’t as bad as I pictured them in my mind. At the viewing I just talked to my parents and siblings without any more interaction with strangers. Before I went to either my

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