Rek Funerals (2024)

FAQs

How do you get through a loved one's funeral? ›

A funeral gives friends and relatives an opportunity to express the love and respect they feel for someone who was important to them. Often, just seeing how much others care can help a family adjust to their loss. For thousands of years, funerals have been a means of expressing our beliefs, thoughts and feelings.

As you are giving your speech, if you begin to feel tears swell up, look up at the audience. This quick action can serve as a distraction for your mind and help hold the tears back. You can also scan the audience to see a friendly face which may also help in making you feel more relaxed and able to hold back the tears.

It's not uncommon to not cry at funerals, even if you were very close to the deceased. This is because funerals are often a time for celebrating a life, rather than grieving a loss. There may also be a lot of people around who are emotional, which can make it difficult to express your own emotions.

It's perfectly acceptable to not have a funeral. There's no legal requirement for you to have one — it's up to you how you'd like to be memorialized.

Eulogy/Remembrance

Fourth, the eulogy may be the single most important aspect of a funeral service. It is the time to acknowledge and affirm the significance of the life lived. With that in mind, take time to share treasured memories, quotes, or even the lost loved one's favorite jokes.

Is it wrong to skip a funeral? The funeral is a chance to pay your last respects to a person before they are buried or cremated. But the funeral isn't really for the deceased, it's for the living. It would only be wrong to skip a funeral if someone else is relying on you to be there.

You may feel anxious about being surrounded by sadness and mourning on the day and worry how you'll cope. Or you may be concerned about feeling awkward around other people's sadness and not knowing how to react to them.