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DON’T do the following: Be afraid to remember the good times
Bring your cell phone - Your phone - Funerals are obviously a time of
ringing will be highly inappropriate grieving and mourning, but remem-
and will cause a disturbance, so turn bering the good times helps with the
any ringers or notifications off. Even healing process. Sharing a funny and
better, leave your phone at home or in appropriate story is acce- ptable, and
your car, a funeral is not the time to be in some cases exactly what the de-
texting or checking your messages. ceased would have wanted.

Allow your children to be a distraction Overindulge - If food or drink is served,
– From a very young age children are do not over do it. Have a bite to eat
aware of death, and if the funeral is before you go to the service, you do
for someone that was close to them not want to be that guy parked at the
(grandparent, aunt, uncle) they should snack table. If alcohol is served, limit
be given the option to attend. Howev- yourself to one or two, do not become
er if it is not appropriate for your child inebriated and risk doing something
to be there, and if you feel they will inappropriate.
cause a commotion, leave them with
a babysitter.

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