Heartbreaking funeral today

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My mother died from cancer 10 years ago....she was my best friend....When she died I went to the funeral home and did her hair as well as spoke at her funeral.... The funeral director was in awe of how I handled it....I think I said it best when I spoke at her funeral..."Please...don't cry for me.... my relationship with my mother read like a very wonderful book....with lots of truly great chapters...some people never get to read a book like that.... and when you knew it was going to end...you truly had to embrace the fact that you even held it in the first place...."

Life is short....make of it what you can....and in the end....you have no regrets.......

Frugalfoster, that was very touching - thank you for sharing it here. What a beautiful relationship you had with your mother and it's amazing you were strong enough to publicly honour her at the funeral.

Life is indeed short, I think this more and more with each passing day.

Sorry, to hear about your friends Mother. Will pray for her. We just lost my FIL this last month and even though he was almost 97.it has really made all of us realize what is important and we will not be here forever. It is especially hard when you loose both parents and you are now the elder in the family.

Thank you, Frugal-fannie, for keeping her in your thoughts. I'm sorry about your FIL, the passing of loved ones is always hard and puts everything in perspective.

I am so sorry for your friend's los. My thoughts and prayers are with her.

Thank you, too, Debbie for thinking of her. I still haven't seen her since the funeral, though have spoken to her via text. Her closest friend has passed on to the rest of us that she still needs time, so I'll wait as long as it takes.

Thanks everyone