Why More Families Are Deciding Not to Have a Funeral for Loved Ones

You might think it’s about the money, but something cultural is also happening here, and the trend is not good or healthy. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:765/1*UgYXWFotOshsMIKLV23h3w.jpeg" style="height:459px; width:612px" /> Courtesy of <a href="http://gettyimages-104302939-612x612.jpg/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">gettyimages.com</a> My mother’s second husband died after her, but his family decided there would be no funeral, which was a shame. It took a few years for my siblings and me to like him, but we wished we could have said goodbye differently. The decision not to have a funeral service is sometimes financial, but that was not the case here. Denying the survivors an opportunity to grieve and mourn together is short-sighted and selfish. Unless you are Charles Manson or a serial killer, some loved ones and family exist and need to spend time together, sharing grief. And together does not mean on Zoom or live-streaming. Funerals also remind us of our mortality and how to live every day to the fullest. Most of our lives are spent in death denial, and not attending a funeral strengthens that fallacy. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/why-more-families-are-deciding-not-to-have-a-funeral-for-loved-ones-c5ba855a54ac">Read More</a>