I guess I am getting to the age now where I’m not sure change is necessarily a good thing.  I know we have so much that makes our lives easier but at what expense?  Why I’m blogging about this right now is I just viewed my first funeral through a live stream.  I had a cousin pass away last week and since my mom is still afraid of COVID to the point she really doesn’t get around to many people, she didn’t want to go to the funeral.  And with that I made the decision to stay here.  The funeral was back in VA and so I sat here at work and took some time out and watched the live stream.  I’m not sure I ever want to do that again.  I feel like I took the cheap way out and I wasn’t there for my family.  But this is the new way of doing things i guess.  I’m not meaning to sound like a funeral should be something to make a show of, but coming from the country we used to do the wake or viewing a night or even sometimes two nights then the funeral would be on the next day.  My cousin had visitation for one hour just before the funeral and then that was it.  I don’t know, it just feels like the family needs a bit more closure than everything done in just a couple of hours.  I hate funerals but it did my heart good when I heard people share stories about dad at his wake.  The wake was a couple of hours one night then the funeral the next day.  I don’t know, maybe I’m out of touch but I’m wondering if all this convenience and technology that is suppose to bring us together is doing the opposite.  I feel like we are being duped with all the new and we are letting go of some things that even though we may hate to do, we do it and are better for it.

Love to hear your thoughts if you want to share.

Fletch