Friday, 2 December 2011
Do it yourself
“Someone will wash the body. Someone will dress the body. Someone will close the eyes for the final time. Someone will. At the critical moment of death, someone will perform these tasks for the person whom we have loved and cared for all our lives. Why would we give those meaningful rituals away to a stranger? Why do we give away the best stuff?”
Anne O’Connor here.
Categories: home funerals, Quotes
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gloria mundi said...
It’s a fine artcile thanks Charles, and some moving and eloquent comments follow it.