HW . 52

Beth had a home funeral for her daughter Alison, who died from an impact of a air bag. Alisons friends and family all came to her bedroom to see her and bring gifts. By having an home funeral everyone felt closer to Alison and where able to spend thier time with her and say their goodbyes. The organization Crossings is ffor those who would like to be a death care midwife and Beth started it two years after alisons death.

• "To the degree that death can be ameliorated by love"
• "For more than a century Americans cared for their own dead as a matter or course"
• "By the third day the deceased begins to look like an empty shell and its often at that point that a family may be ready to let go"
• "The bouquets brighten this place of final repose but also serve to perfuse the room with a fragrance that could later mask any odors of death"
• "Later that night she'll sit in this room on the chair she setss next to the bed. In the quiet of the night, alone with the woman she held such afffection for"

Compared to the other ways to go about caring for the dead to me a home funeral seems like it deals with the spiritual part of the dead while the others were just the dealing mainly with just body. Home funerals are also less stressful and easier for friends and families to say their goodbyes. While in a funeral home you only have a certain amount of time to spend with the deceased before they need to be taken away to be embalmed and also you dont know everything that goes on with the body. While with a home funeral your in charge and you get to decided what you want to do or happen to the body which I think is easier for families because then their not worrying about whats going on or they could of said one more thing.