I have decided that Funeral Wakes are dramatic, and Funerals are Oscar winning plays. In a society where each family is struggling to survive and keep their heads above water, rarely do we have time to meet and chat up. Unless of course we all live in each others home vicinity.
Imagine that a friend of mine only sees me at Wakes! It's morbid but a true reflection of just how little time I spend on socialising. This is a friend, whom I visit at least weekly for lunch or tea - those days! These days, I'm just happy to plonk myself on my favourite couch and be a potato - too tired to bother anymore, because my entire day would have been about smiling and being politically correct.
After the Funeral, bone-picking, urn filling, sealing of 'tomb', I must say that it has given everyone closure. I know I'm not an emotionally charged person, but I dare say that not everyone is unhappy to be a free soul. Of course, if death comes too suddenly and too soon, it's a shock which anyone may not recover quickly from or at all. BUT if a person has lived a rich life, and has been plagued with disease and suffering for years, I'm sure, he's happy to be freed of his ailing body.
I will miss Dad, but mostly, I will remember him the way he would have wanted to be remembered.
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