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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
Yeah, funerals make me very uncomfortable.
I'm going, though. I think I'm going to go a little more casual since it's at a funeral home and it's going to be a memorial service (she died 10 days ago apparently) so I think khakis, brown shoes, white shirt, and tie would be good?
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I don't think anyone is good at funerals... but they aren't for the dead - they're for the ones that are left and it's nice to show up and say hello...
Your ensemble sounds fine...
Unless it's a regional thing - a memorial service is generally a lot more low key than a funeral - no casket - especially no open casket, usually a few readings and special friends sharing memories... they are usually quite lovely.
Atta boy for going... makes an old lady proud of ya son.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Wow, man... Suddenly I'm over here crying...
A few years back a good friend of mine named John died. I journaled about his life and death <a href="http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/journal.php?do=showentry&e=3359&enum=61">here</a>.
John was a sailor, had been all his life. And his trademark thing was to wear a red sock on his left foot and a green sock on his right (like the port and starboard lights on a ship).
At his funeral, every member of his family was wearing one red and one green sock. It was just about the best thing I've ever seen at a memorial service. |
About 10 years ago, a good friend of mine died and this friend was more of a die hard yankees fan than I am... No less than 1/2 the people showing up for the memorial service had on some piece of Yankees garb.. whether it be a hat, a jersey, a jacket.. soemthing said yankees... the family was unbeleivable touched that people remembered that and went to the trouble of doing it..