This week we went to my grandmother-in-law\u2019s funeral.\u00a0 It was beautiful and moving, and I have so much I want to say about it\u2026.but I just have to know something first.<\/p>\n
Why do people take pictures of bodies in caskets?<\/p>\n
My family doesn\u2019t do this, but the Computer Guy\u2019s family does.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit disconcerting to be looking through family photo albums and reminisce about Christmas, birthday parties, weddings, and then flip the page to see Uncle George laid out in his coffin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll admit to thinking this was one of those weird things which was unique to my husband\u2019s family\u2026.until Wednesday.\u00a0 Wednesday we were having the pre-funeral meal in the church hall (they\u2019re Protestant\u2026they eat before<\/i> the funeral\u2026.weird).\u00a0 I was looking at pictures of the congregation on the walls and saw not one but THREE corpses immortalized in photographs.\u00a0 Am I alone in finding this icky?<\/p>\n
Can anyone explain this to me?\u00a0 Would you want someone to take pictures of you in your casket?\u00a0 If so, can you tell me why?\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, and y\u2019all are my witnesses\u2026.I want a closed casket\u2026.it\u2019s the only way I can be sure to keep the cameras away.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week we went to my grandmother-in-law\u2019s funeral.\u00a0 It was beautiful and moving, and I have so much I want to say about it\u2026.but I just have to know something first. Why do people take pictures of bodies in caskets? My family doesn\u2019t do this, but the Computer Guy\u2019s family does.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit disconcerting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n