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[marigot]

So damn tired. Gram's memorial service was today, and the only feeling it left me with was who the hell was that pastor talking about, because it sure wasn't MY grandmother. The service was awful, there were all kinds of family issues and I feel like every single bit of energy has been sucked completely out of me.

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[undinesprite]

I'm so sorry *hugs* I've been to services like that and it's awful =/

[marigot]

It was just so surreal. My sister and I kept looking at each other blankly every time the minister started a new train of thought.

[debmats]

*hugs*

Yeah, I've been to those kind of services too.

[marigot]

I felt like I was at a Jesus Recruitment Drive. And that just SO wasn't my gram...

[tammy_g]

*hugs* I'm sorry you had to go through that.

The memorial service we had for my dad was like that. It wasn't really a service, just people talking about him and how they felt. But my dad was, well, a jerk, and people were telling the truth. So, yeah, I get it. *hugs*

[marigot]

It's just that there were so many cool things that could've been said about her. And all the "her love was Christ's love" stuff wasn't it. It shouldn't have, but it really irritated the crap out of me.

[tammy_g]

Ah. That's a different matter entirely. And yes, certainly a lot more frustrating. In my case, I was just glad that a *few* people had something nice to say.

Not being of the Christ persuastion anyway, I know what you mean. I was at a Catholic friend's funeral once. She was 29 when she died, and had spent the last few years of her life in constant pain. I got *so* angry when the priest said something along the lines of there being a reason she had to go through all that, that she deserved it.

Anyway, I'm sorry it was so hurtful for you. If you want to talk.... *hugs*