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Griff, sorry to hear of your loss. That area of VT is my old stomping ground. There are a lot of really great people up there especially at St. Mikes.

It is heartening to think that children today may be able to accept death without the sugarcoating that it so frequently gets.

I remember burying my uncle when I was a teen and after the graveside service everyone just walked away. I turned to my dad and asked WTF? (not in so many words) How come Uncle Frank was still above ground? His reply was that it upsets people too much to see the coffin go in the ground.

Not half as much as it upset me NOT seeing it go in the ground. Closure is really important, despite its co–option by the newage. That was the phenoseal around the final nails in the coffin of my catholicsm.

It lead me to buddhism where the qusetion of life and death looms large.

I'm glad you had a chance to have a meaningful ceremony.