The Final Goodbye – at least for a while
by Brent Kostyniuk It has become fashionable to call funerals “Celebrations of Life.” The rationale for this seems to be a desire to enhance the memory of the deceased person and keep it fresh. In a subtle way, however, a Celebration of Life can be an attempt to deny reality. While we all want to remember loved ones who have passed, we also need to accept the fact they have left this earthly life. All of us grieve in our own way. We cry, we despair, we struggle with thoughts of what might have been, we overindulge to ease to…
