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Relatives can’t carry coffins; families can’t embrace; only 10 mourners allowed. As a funeral celebrant, it’s painful to watch
“I’m sorry, you can’t carry your son’s coffin,” I said. As a father and mother looked at the tiny woven baby coffin with blue ribbons on Thursday morning, their tears came thick and fast. And I felt helpless.
As a celebrant, my role at funeral services is to offer support to the bereaved family on the day. It’s my natural instinct to console and comfort someone, to offer a handshake, a hug or a reassuring hand on a shoulder when someone breaks down reading a tribute. But all this has gone. The virus doesn’t stop for the dead. Continue reading...