My friends and I recently attended the Blakley Funeral Home gaffney sc memorial for a friend. We were invited to the gaffney at 9:30 AM and we were so excited. The room is a little dark and has a little bit of a chill to it, but that’s how I like it. The room is filled with family members dressed in black and dressed for the job.
It’s a nice room, but for me, that was the best part about the gaffney. I have a lot of friends and relatives who visit me and I’m not sure if they’re always in the right mood. For me, the gaffney is an opportunity to relax and I love it. If you’re not in the mood, you’re going to be disappointed.
That’s a great point Blakely. Its not all that often that anyone is in the right mood. I had the funeral service for my sister and I had a ton of family and friends. Its always a lot of fun when youre not in the mood. So, I dont think this is a problem at all.
I have to say that I think the best funeral services are those that involve a live person. I have my own experience with this being a problem and that is because I used to work as a funeral director. At my funeral I would always ask the body of my loved one if they wanted help and if they wanted me to help them out. I ended up taking on this role because I had a lot of friends and family who knew my loved one and wanted to see them off.
The problem there is that if you have a lot of friends and family, you also have to deal with your loved one’s family. I have seen too many funerals where the funeral home owner just throws his or her loved one in a casket without even bothering to say a word to his or her family. At the funeral I would sit with the family, explain the situation, and ask permission to leave.
The problem is that the vast majority of funeral homes have a family member on staff. In fact, in some of the more upscale ones, the families of the deceased are given first dibs. I know when I was a kid, I would have never allowed myself to go to a funeral home if my family member wasn’t there.
This is exactly what the funeral home industry needs to be doing to change the way it treats families in the wake of death. No one wants to hear the words “I am sorry I’ll see you later” being doled out to the bereaved. A better option is to allow families time to say goodbye.
I am not sure what the solution is. It would be nice to be able to say something like, “I am sorry to hear about your loss. I love you and will see you soon. I wish you the best and take care of yourself.” But then again, in real life, you never really know what these people are going through. There’s always a lot going on. It’s just not the time of the day to be able to say that.
So I’m not really sure what an appropriate response to the bereaved would be. Maybe they should say, “I’m sorry to hear about your loss. I wish you all the best in the afterlife, and take care of yourself.
I also think we should all just leave it at that. He was a good guy. Just have a good cry.
