I was disappointed with the article by Daniel Mooney entitled \u201cHelping Ideas Take Flight.\u201d (July 2 Kent Reporter.)<\/p>\n
Good humor is a wonderful gift, but i felt Mr. Mooney\u2019s choice of the phrase \u201ckick the bucket\u201d was not in good taste. For parents who have had a SIDS death of a child, others who lost an elementary-school-aged child due to an accident, for those who had to deal with the suicide death of a confused teenager or the loss of a beloved spouse, I can\u2019t imagine that \u201ckicking the bucket\u201d was helpful expression of the tragedy they are probably still trying to get over.<\/p>\n
People need to mourn and deal with the passage of heir loved one(s). If denial takes over, the survivors often go into depression or other problems arise.<\/p>\n
I will never forget being in a community where a confused teenager made a bad choice for himself and his family and friends. He hung himself. The school district meant well by offering the school gym for a \u201ccelebration of his life.\u201d The place was packed – no mention of the tragedy but upbeat music and student presentations by many who hardly knew the deceased.<\/p>\n
Other kids were impressed by the attention this teenager received in death (not in life). That week two other students did themselves in – those who probably knew at last they would get some attention.<\/p>\n
Since that experience I have not heard of any school district that has allowed such funeral \u201ccelebrations\u201d on the school campus. (I still wonder how we \u201ccelebrate\u201d a life that really never got to live a full life.)<\/p>\n
After more than 40 years as clergy person I have never been disappointed by the compassionate service of any of our local, family-operated funeral homes in south King County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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