Lyra1970
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It’s strange where your strength comes from in these situations .At the funerals I’ve attended it’s always been the funeral directors that have carried the coffin so they would have been trained and have the necessary strength. I don’t think I’ve been to one where family have carried it.
I personally don’t like the trolley thing but I can understand it if the deceased was very large. I just think it looks more respectful when they are carried in on their final journey.
I carried my son along with family members. People tried to say I shouldn’t ( it will be too heavy as he was 15 and tall, it will be too upsetting etc etc.
However I wanted to do it , I carried that boy into the world and I’d be damned if I didn’t carry him out to his next soul journey.
It wasn’t a case of him being heavy but it’s nerve wracking , I was paranoid that I’d trip as I’m quite clumsy , but I didn’t and it’s a comfort that I was brave enough to do it x