Weddings and Funerals.... no kidding

So is it true, what they say about Weddings and Funerals? That you only see relatives and long lost acquaintances at them? What does that say about us as a society - other than, we just don't give our relationships their due respect?

I'm wondering, why don't people take pictures at funerals? I know it is a very sad time, but it is also an occasion. A time when people get together. I know that at my funeral I will be pretty ticked off if people are mourning the loss instead of celebrating my life. So why wouldn't you take pictures. Wouldn't Aunt Nelly like to see the people who attend the service and all of the nice flowers as she wasn't able to be there in person?

Why don't people do the same things they do at weddings? There is a receiving line, a visiting time, a reflection time, there is a get-to-gether for family following the event and there is food and drink - all the same as there is at a wedding. Yet, we don't video our funerals or take pictures.

Am I just being morbid? Is that what is wrong with my thoughts on this one? We can't talk about death and departing? Why don't we celebrate a person's life? Why can't we record their last public appearance? Why can't we put the event in a form that can be shared by many? Record the funeral so that it is never forgotten?

I also want to know why we make such a huge fuss out of capturing our wedding days. Heck over 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Couples spend massive amounts of ching, making sure that they can 'look back on the special day' - or burn the evidence which ever way it works out. No one would question taking a video at a wedding that had less than a 50% chance of not ending in hurt, pain and hardship - yet tell them that I want my funeral filmed and they gasp with disbelief.

Seriously.... I want to hear your thoughts on this one. What if in 100 years from now, one of my ancestors looks up their lineage and finds a web archive of my funeral - I'd like that. What about you?

Yet another original thought by yours truly from the Hot Cherry Review group.
Take a moment and write to us... tell us your thoughts about capturing of a funeral. Until I hear from you again - have a wonderful Hot Cherry Day!