Mother and Dad prepaid ALL their funeral expenses years ago. It made it so simple when daddy passed. All we had to do was write the obit and choose flowers. I think we all spent less than 2 hours at the funeral home.
On the flip side, my FIL made NO prior arrangements whatsoever and his kids were like headless chickens. Too them 10 hours to choose a casket (which, BTW was draped in a flag and never "seen". Couldn't figure what to bury him in (duh, he was a Captain in the Fire Dept--I had his dress uniform cleaned and he was buried in that!) Everything was too much, too much drama---the headstone is a monument to 3 kids who felt terribly guilty for not taking great care of a fine man. It's enormous. The day of his funeral was emotional and very draining. Compared to my daddy's, no contest, dad's was a celebration of a fine life well lived, FIL's was a sad mess.
Pre plan!!! We're in the process of doing that right now. I don't want my kids to have to do a thing but pick some flowers, if they want.
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On the flip side, my FIL made NO prior arrangements whatsoever and his kids were like headless chickens. Too them 10 hours to choose a casket (which, BTW was draped in a flag and never "seen". Couldn't figure what to bury him in (duh, he was a Captain in the Fire Dept--I had his dress uniform cleaned and he was buried in that!) Everything was too much, too much drama---the headstone is a monument to 3 kids who felt terribly guilty for not taking great care of a fine man. It's enormous. The day of his funeral was emotional and very draining. Compared to my daddy's, no contest, dad's was a celebration of a fine life well lived, FIL's was a sad mess.
Pre plan!!! We're in the process of doing that right now. I don't want my kids to have to do a thing but pick some flowers, if they want.
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