When Your Loved One’s Last Wish Was ‘No Funeral’
by Tré Miller Rodríguez
Over the past year, I’ve experienced several losses that, at the request of the deceased, did not include funerals. Grief rituals are central to my mourning process, but there’s no negotiating with the dead. In the absence of the most standard of ceremonies, how do you give expression to your grief while respecting someone’s final wish for “no funeral, please?”
Continue reading »