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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 123423" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Nancy,</p><p></p><p>My parents both decided long ago that they wanted to be cremated. I am not very comfortable with the idea but my mother followed my father's wishes.</p><p></p><p>We did not have a public viewing but we did have a private family viewing to say goodbye. We went to the crematory where he was laid out very nicely. I was worried about how he would look since he hadn't been embalmed and my girls were young but I was surprised at how natural he looked. He honestly looked better than those people I have seen "made up" in a funeral home casket.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, we got to have closure and then followed the private viewing with a public memorial service at their chuch for their friends and church family. It was a lovely way to say goodbye.</p><p></p><p>I've changed my mind since then about cremation. I'm still not sure that it's for me but it didn't make the death any harder (than it already was) on the family. I think your girls would be okay.</p><p></p><p>by the way, my mom still has "dad" with her all these years later. She wants us to comingle their ashes when the time comes and then bury them together in the family plot.</p><p></p><p>It's a little creepy and nice all at the same time.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 123423, member: 1967"] Nancy, My parents both decided long ago that they wanted to be cremated. I am not very comfortable with the idea but my mother followed my father's wishes. We did not have a public viewing but we did have a private family viewing to say goodbye. We went to the crematory where he was laid out very nicely. I was worried about how he would look since he hadn't been embalmed and my girls were young but I was surprised at how natural he looked. He honestly looked better than those people I have seen "made up" in a funeral home casket. Anyway, we got to have closure and then followed the private viewing with a public memorial service at their chuch for their friends and church family. It was a lovely way to say goodbye. I've changed my mind since then about cremation. I'm still not sure that it's for me but it didn't make the death any harder (than it already was) on the family. I think your girls would be okay. by the way, my mom still has "dad" with her all these years later. She wants us to comingle their ashes when the time comes and then bury them together in the family plot. It's a little creepy and nice all at the same time. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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