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Attending a Family Funeral During COVID-19
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Attending a Family Funeral During COVID-19
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Standing outside in the cold dry wind, everyone was wearing masks. Small groups were huddled together but each grouping apart from the other. This was not how it was meant to be. The week before Christmas, I experienced this attending a relative's funeral. The pandemic made a traditional funeral impossible. Typically the gathering would be large and focused on coming together for strength. The service was minimized to a graveside service where social distancing could be practiced. The death was not COVID related, but the resulting affects of COVID completely disrupted our most guarded family traditions. The inconveniences of daily COVID restrictions seem trivial in comparison to the large moments that can never be replaced. Our family hopes for a future day when we can properly mourn this loss hand in hand.
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photo
text story
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English
Deathways
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Rural Voices
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/31/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/14/2021
02/27/2021
This item was submitted on January 31, 2021 by Clinton P. Roberts using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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