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Saying Goodbye

Whether spontaneous or planned, funeral ceremonies help us heal, writes Clare O’Driscoll

Saying Goodbye

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW NUDGED ME and pointed at their 50th anniversary photo display.

 

At first glance it was a normal wedding photo. A younger her, beautifully dressed, walking into the church on her father’s arm.

 

Then I noticed. Tucked away in the corner of the church where the wedding was taking place sat a coffin, unobtrusively minding its own business. While my in-laws were starting a new life together, someone else was waiting to say goodbye to theirs.

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