“Preparing for Funeral Day” The Final Day”

May 10th “Preparing for Funeral Day” The Final Day”

Psalm 23 says: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever”

Not everyone will have to ever make funeral arrangements for someone in their family…and it is not a job that I would want to do.

My two sons were with me…and after the paperwork in the office regarding the Notice for the Newspaper and all of the family names and rellationship…there is the amount of money for the casket for the flowers …I almost forgot the hairdresser and the clothes to be worn by my Mother as she is laid out. I signed up to be responsible for the payment.

So now that they know that you will be paying for everything…we start to look and choose from the inventory those items that we like. When we were in the room with caskets… my oldest son, Lee had to try out one or two… just to see what they felt like… comfortable or what?

If I were by myself…I would have never had the nerve to check out all of the items that they offer for your family member. There was also the flowers and the variety of containers…there was a China piece suitable for an arrangement of flowers to be put on top of the casket that I liked and would keep this special memento … if they would for sure keep in good condition for me… and with the arrangement on the top of the casket in such a way that the casket would not and could not be opened.

One instruction that my Mother gave to me…so many times before she died…”I do not want a bunch of nosey people gawking at me when I’m dead…if they can not come to see me when I am alive… when I’m dead…it is too late!” So that one thing for sure… I took care of that one very important wish…for my Mother.

I was at the Funeral HOME from when they opened till they closed…each day… and the Funeral Mass was to be held at our Church, St. Francis of Assisi in Oakville on Monday morning, at nine o’clock.

That Mass for my Mother was the very best. Never before at a Funeral Mass did I almost feel as if I were in Heaven. I did not know… that the School children would also be at that Mass … and they were singing just as Angels would sing for someone that they LOVE. The one song that I LOVE… is the “Ave Maria” …and when they were singing it… I just knew that my MOTHER was there and could feel the LOVE that we all had for her…was coming to her in Heaven!

“Whenever… I hear young children singing the “Ave Maria” I always feel and remember that my Mother is with the Angels… and one day soon… we will all be singing praise and glory to our Creator in Heaven…as a Thank you for all of our Wonderful Mothers!” D.V.