Grandma's Funeral

[justbeast]

Back from Cleveland and my grandmother Yelena's funeral. (Hopefully we're done with the crazy ~13 hr drives to Cleveland for a while. And will fly next time, to visit family (unless there's another emergency like this one and we can't afford plane tickets

Comments

[tithenai]

*hugs*

So much of what you've written reminds me of my maternal grandmother's funeral -- although what you say about the viewing of a dead body, I first felt when my uncle died of a heart attack a few years ago. That was the first family death of my adult life, and the first half-casket viewing. It was so surreal, as you say -- the look of sleep at the same time that I kept turning over in my head how there was no person there, how "remains" is such an accurate word, how dense and solid and yet how absent and empty a thing.

[nex0s]

It sounds like a lovely funeral and gathering. My condolences again, and I'm glad that your family was so cohesive and lovely. It's beautiful when people come together rather than being torn asunder.

N.

[zoethe]

I'm glad we were here for you. It's sad to me that you are so far away now, even while I understand how much you love your life on your little island.

[justbeast]

Hey, likewise. We miss you.

[sovay]

Her memory for a blessing.

(And if applicable, *hugs*)

[tekalynn]

*hug* My sympathies to you and your family.