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Why are we so quick to criticize?
By Mary Francis · Originally published: September 15, 2012
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It seems that people at funerals are always on high stress and are super sensitive. If you go to a funeral and something is not quite right you need to cut the widow some slack. The funeral of a spouse can be overwhelming, and in her grief the widow may simply have forgotten to do or not do something.
I am going to be firm because emotions often get out of control before and after funerals, but no matter what happens you have no business forcing your opinion on a woman who is in the process of burying her husband. It’s very important that we support a widow in her grief and have some compassion for her confusion. No matter what is wrong the widow deserves to be left to bury her husband without any added stress.