February 28, 2004
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I’ve been in touch with the Boyf. over the last few days and he and the rest of the family seem to be doing ok. He said that she looked beautiful, all traces of stress and worry had gone. He sat up with her the night before the funeral (she was in an open casket in the living room), and he said he found it really helpful to just sit with her and say his goodbyes.
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I find the idea of open casket scary but I know it shouldn’t be as the person inside is no longer there.
When my dad was in a comma and I was feeling helpless to do anything I just held his hand. If he was awake and conscious that would of been the last thing he would have wanted to do, but at that time I think it helped me and considering the circumstances he probably didn’t mind. Funerals are just as much for the living as they are for the dead. Blessings.