Someone Made a Sign for Religious People Outside a Memorial Service

[Freelancer]

3. Neat sign. I like the idea, but...

At my age, it seems like the only times I get dressed up is to go to a funeral. You can't know what a funeral is going to bring out in people. Their sleeping emotional monsters -- chief among them the fear of death -- are being poked hard with a stick. Attendees say and do stupid things. My cousin once did cartwheels in front of a casket, then went out to the parking lot and wept.

The most bereaved may not want to hear certain things, but when others come to a funeral, it's a complete grab-bag. Signs are neat, and clever, but be kind. What people blurt out isn't about you. necessarily. It's their internal mess laid bare.