‘Funerals are often occasions where bitterness, arguments, regrets and mis-understandings are finally put aside.' Photo: A cardboard coffin, from the Good Funeral Guide
Good grief: Barrie Mahoney on the value of funeral planning
‘These days, we have more of a problem when dealing with death.’
by Barrie Mahoney
24th March 2023
‘I don’t like funerals’ and ‘I don’t like hospitals’ are two comments that I often hear. They always make me cringe, and I always feel like responding with ‘Does anyone?’. But I usually manage to bite my lip and smile. It is a truism that none of us like to dwell on illness and death, but both are a fact of life that we mostly conveniently ignore – until it hits us when we are least prepared.
