Meaning in metaphor

We are driving to the crematorium for the committal. It’s late afternoon. A shower of rain is clearing as we breast a rise in the road and there in front of us is a rainbow. ‘Look!’ It’s a sign. It’s common at funerals for people to see a sign.  Call it superstitious, call it what […]

Always go to the funeral

I believe in always going to the funeral. My father taught me that. “Always go to the funeral” means that I have to do the right thing when I really, really don’t feel like it In going to funerals, I’ve come to believe that while I wait to make a grand heroic gesture, I should just stick […]

The Good Funeral Guide
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