BereavementMy aunt died this morning. I'll be travelling back to Belleville tonight to be with my mom. There isn't going to be a funeral, but they're doing a visitation in Ottawa at some point. We're not sure when exactly. I'm hoping Sunday, but my mom wants Monday, I think she thinks so that people--my uncle especially--have more of a chance to let it sink in first. Instead of a funeral, my aunt wanted an internment service on her birthday. In June. I'm sure that will be nice, but it leaves me wondering what we're supposed to do now. You come to rely on ritual to get you through these things. I get a day off to go to funerals, and I'll be taking that Monday. If the visitation is on Monday, I'll have to take Tuesday off as well. It's been a long time coming, but it's still sad. I'm not sure what I'm feeling, really. I don't know if I want to go all the way to Ottawa just for a visitation, but I do know I want to be there for my mom. So I'm going. I didn't even have to think about it. comments:This post is archived. Comments are disabled. Feel free to send me email if you have something to say. | |
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