I've always felt funerals were for the living, or at least that's been my excuse not to go.
A good friend from work died very unexpectedly Monday. The autopsy results have not been released, but almost had to be a heart attach, she was 52.
This woman was well known at work, always smiling and laughing and just one of those people that everyone loved. We were also friends outside work, going to an occasional dinner, taking an art class together, that sort of thing. Driving by the Castle Superstore on Monday I had to pull over from a memory that had me laughing and crying.
I don't want to go to her funeral tomorrow, but a couple of people have told me that my omission will be noticed and not looked upon kindly. I've never met her 2 grown sons, her sister, or her father. So, the only folks that will notice/care about me not being there are coworkers.
I don't feel the need for a funeral for myself. I'd rather go back to the Castle store parkinglot and laugh/cry.
Would you go?