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Memories - Wonderful Quotes

6/11/2015

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I wanted to say something about memories and how important they are to preserve. In a later post I'll list some ways of preserving them, but I found these quotes online at a site titled, Let Your Love Grow
that I thought wonderful. 

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Unknown

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.“ – Kahlil Gibran

“Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.” – Emily Dickinson

“Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” – Unknown

“He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.” – The Crow, written by James O’Barr, David J. Schow, and John Shirley, 1994

“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was,’Did you bring joy?’ The second was, ‘Did you find joy?’”– Leo Buscaglia

“Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.” – Unknown

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” – Isaac Asimov



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Funeral Etiquette - The Visit

6/4/2015

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Everyone dies. That's a hard fact, but it is absolutely true. You and everyone you know will, ultimately die. That means that, if you don't die first, you will be attending quite a number of funerals sooner or later.

Funeral homes are not easy places to be. The owners try to  make the place look "homey" and the directors work very hard to  make everyone as comfortable as they possibly can. But there is a dead person laying right there in the room in which you are standing and chatting with other guests. There is nothing natural about such a setting and most of  us simply don't know what to do or say - so we end up talking trivialities to others, self-consciously avoiding talking about the dead person , making the strangeness of the event even stranger.

Here are a few tips to make your funeral home visit a bit less awkward...
1. As soon as you enter the funeral home "viewing room," look for and make your way to one of the family members. (It is NOT required that you approch the casket if that makes you uncomfortable.) They will, no doubt, be talking with someone else, but when they and the person they are talking with see you are waiting, they will fairly quickly finish their time together and non-verbally invite you to take the other guest's place.

2. Express your sympathy. Say something like, "I'm so sorry for your loss," or "Our sympathy to you and your family," or, if you are a religious person, "I've been praying for you...and will continue to keep you all in my prayers." Then share a memory of the deceased - something fun or funny or something he or she once said. Your friend won't mind hearing the same story from you that he or she has heard several times before. The fact that you remember something specific means a great deal.

3. After a brief conversation, say "I'll let you go to visit with your other guests now. You are in my thoughts."

4. You are not required to stay around chatting after you have expressed your condolences. Greet others you may know, but don't feel obligated to get into long conversations with them. Once the talk gets beyond things about the deceased and his or her family, it's quite acceptable to make your exit. There is no minimum time you need to stay at the funeral home. You are there to let the family know you care. Once that is complete, you can go
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