Softail
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I don't know if I can type this post...but will see how far I get, I guess.
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:hug: I'm so sorry for your losses. :rose:
Several years ago my most beloved aunt died while in Austria. My cousin, her daughter, was devastated. They were not only mom and daughter, but the best of friends. My aunt had breast cancer. She was cancer free for some time. She was a massive workaholic and wouldn't let the cancer stand in her way.
She was in Austria on business when she died. The cancer had reached her brain.
Since she died in a foreign country, it was difficult to get her body back to the states. In addition, they don't embalm people in Europe. At least at that time they didn't. It took probably 2 weeks to get her home and to a funeral home. The funeral home suggested a closed casket, as she had decomposed so badly during all this time. My cousin would have none of that! She INSISTED on an open casket so everyone could see her mother. I tried to talk her out of it, but she wouldn't have it. She was grief stricken.
The funeral home did their best to make her look like my aunt. I could barley look at her, as she just didn't look like the wonderful woman she was.. I found it sad. My cousin, found peace with it. She cried and cried when she saw her, as she knew she didn't look anything like her mother. It was her decision and we as a family respected that decision. We supported her as a family.
Having shared all of that, I do have so much compassion for unconventional things that happen with a death. However, I also feel that what is happening to Jahi McMath right now is not just unconventional, it is down right cruel, almost criminal, and deceitful. I just don't see the intention as anything but greedy, Jahi be damned.
And that my friends is my opinion!