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Descriptive Essay On The Day Of A Funeral

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On the day of the funeral, and what had to be the hottest day in July I wore a fitted white pantsuit. I instantly regretted wearing it after an older lady hugged me before the service started. Since she was much shorter than I was, her makeup had rubbed off on the front of my thin blazer, and it looked to be ruined. I didn 't fret because my hair was long enough to cover the stain, but I hoped the spot would come out when I took the suit to the cleaners. Just before the start of the funeral one of the guys from the funeral home handed me a thin envelope. He noticed the confused look on my face and whispered, “Here is the picture you requested for your father.” The confused look vanished into thin air, and I shook my head okay. Then I handed the package off to Angel, and she stuck it in her purse that was resting on her lap. Since the envelope was a little bigger than her stylish bag, the top peaked out and taunted me as the church began to fill up. With thoughts of sneaking a peek at the picture, my ruined blazer was now the farthest thing from my mind.
Beautiful music began to play as I sat sandwiched between Sterling and Angel. Sterling didn 't wear his gold grill, and he didn 't smell like marijuana today, either. He wore a masculine fragrance that mingled perfectly with the scent I wore. I turned my head to the side …show more content…

Not long after my outburst, the service came to an end. I sat on the front row and watched with a look of terror on my face as granny 's lifelong friends, distant cousins, employees, and church family filed by the open casket to give her one last look before the funeral directors packed her up and sent her remains to the crematorium. Only a few people remained in the church when it was my turn to approach the casket. The workers from the funeral home, a few ushers, the pianist, and of course, Angel and Sterling. The others had probably started eating the catered meal of granny 's favorite foods in the oversized dining hall of the

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