What traditions comfort you when someone dies?

When my husband died in October it was so sudden and unexpected that I was in shock for quite a long time. I didn't even cry until weeks later when it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I was completely alone through all of it and I was glad I was because his daughter would have taken over and done things the way she wanted instead of what her dad wanted. His kids were in AZ and CA and didn't even offer to come to be with me. He was cremated, which was what he wanted and no services of any kind. I've toughed it out and handled it my own way. I like being alone.
 

What traditions comfort you when someone dies? Traditions are not comforting, you die and that’s it. The one’s left behind may need help processing his/her vacancy but life goes on until it is your turn to die. Some beleive when a person dies they will be reunited with loved ones and able to recognize strangers, however, considering in this lifetime there is no way to prove this is so.​

 

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