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Life During The Funeral

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I also felt happiness or hope during the funeral. One of the main contributors to these reactions was knowing that my grandpa was not sick anymore and that he was up in Heaven with my grandma again. As mentioned before, this was part of the meaning for the death that I had come up with. Physically during the funeral I tended to keep to myself when I could. By doing this I was allowing myself to handle things in my own way without people constantly in my face or trying to help me. The strongest physical experience I had however came from me trying not to express my feelings. The days prior to the funeral, and during the funeral as well, I was trying to be the strong one for my siblings and by not crying or finding other ways to express my grief

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