I Went to a Funeral Stories of Experiences

the 1st time I went to a funeral, I was 5. If was my great-grandfather's. I remember him enjoying the things we did together: play catch, take walks, play with dolls. I was too young then to understand, but he had Alzheimer's. Then...

It was my first funeral and hopefully i wont need to go to one for a long time.It was hard because i hadnt understood that he had passed away until i saw his coffin lying there, it just came as a big chock, then seeing all my familyand...

BUGGER THEM...!!!!i HAVE BEEN TO A FEW FUNERALSWERNERS, MARY, GRANDPARENTSAND A FEW OTHERSI JUST FIND THEM TOO PAINFULI DON'T WANT ANYONE COMING TO MY FUNERAL ANYWAYAND I REFUSE TO GO TO FAMILY GATHERINGS NOWI WILL NOT GO TO WEDDINGS...

I remember the sun reflecting off the pond, taunting the small crowd that had gathered around the black coffin. I couldn't understand why it was such a beautiful day.. This would be so much easier if clouds had taken over the skies...

I was 23 and it was my first ever funeral. I found it pretty harrowing and cried throughout most of the whole service.
It felt eerie as well.
I guess I also had a lot of guilt issues around my grandmothers passing. I could have been a...

I have only been too two different funerals in my whole life. The first was my uncle in 2003, he was 69 years old. Recently last month my great grandmother Audrey died on February 15, 2011. I went to her funeral on February 18. She was...

I am from a large family and then married into a larger family, so you can say I am from a large family. With a large family comes the inevitable time when someone passes away. One November, about 15 years ago one of my uncles succumbed...

I was 15 when Mike's dad died, he was 16. Back then we had the circle. This was the first death the circle had encountered as a group, this was my first ever. I didn't know his dad terribly well, but enough. He used to give me a ride...

The day after Mother's Day, we buried my grandmother.  After eleven years, there was still a plot available right beside of my grandfather, so she was laid to rest alongside her husband.  I have made peace with her death, in...

So I went to a funeral last night and saw alot of people I went to school with and hung around when I was younger.  I was standing outside with some friends when I guy I haven't seen in a long time came over with his new baby. ...

I have been to different funerals over the years but last January 24 was the first time I have gotten up in front to speak at a funeral. It was for my grandfather. Anyone who knows me knows that i am someone who avoide speaking in front...

I recently lost my grandfather to a terminal illness.  My Grandfather was the center of our family, and although we knew it was coming, no one was prepared for the how, and when.  It was the most agonizing 6 weeks I have...

I've written about this several times, there's a blog where I posted an essay in progress about it. No matter how many times I write it or share it, it doesn't make dealing with it any easier.
Duane and I grew up together. I met him...

Grandfather, grandmother, 2 friends, 6 older friends from my church, my sisters baby, and if you want to count my very emotional friends loss of her dog; went to that funeral too.

This was supposed to be the best year of my life. 2008 was the year I have been looking forward too since......the beginning of high school because it was the year I would graduate and start college. Well...that wasn't the only event I...

My mum's dad died when I was 8. It was the first time I guess experienced death properly. I knew something was wrong when my dad picked me up from school that day.
I remember the funeral being full of people I didnt know, they all...

my cousin joey died in the house fire down in denver last week sometime...
and to make it even more sadder his mama died the day before him from brain cancer.
Me and my family went to her funeral today. it was sad but i made a video...

I've been to many funerals, more than I care to count. I've also been unable to get myself to go to funerals at times. The saddest funeral I ever went to was for the 10 year old daughter of my boss who was killed in a freak skiing...

I went to a co-workers funeral yesterday.  As I sat waiting for the funeral to start, I looked around at the other people who were there.  Some I knew and some I didn't. 
I wondered how each of the people there had...

the sound of it on the organ in the big church was echoeying and odd.
after i played i took my shoes off and ran through the cemetery.
it was a long time ago.
i don't remember it well.