Q. When is a coffin NOT JUST a Coffin?

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One thing that is often overlooked are the children. Kids are grieving just as much as adults, but often do not understand the feelings that they are having and have no outlet for their grief. My own Dad died when I was 7 and I had NOTHING to do with the funeral, in fact I was not even allowed to attend.

That took about 25 years and quite a lot of counselling to resolve, but that was how it was done back then, unfortunately.

Now there is the opportunity for kids to be involved in the process, like putting their thoughts or comments on the coffin, putting a secret message to Daddy (or whoever) under the lid of the coffin and even help to paint and decorate the coffin.

I can recall one of my customers telling me about when he and his 3 brothers assembled their Mum’s coffin, they started about 10 o’clock and while they assembled the coffin, they shared memories of things that had happened with their Mum and funny stories about her life. I have no doubt that this session was not totally dry, as they did not get it finished until about 5 PM, a job that usually takes about an hour for a first timer. The comment back to me was that it was absolutely the best thing that they could have done.