Reply #1: My father died last week [View All]

[YankeyMCC]

And I found myself faced with a very similar situation.

Read my post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=263x1168#1239

"Every give a Eulogy..." thread.

Basically I had no real problem going to the church and standing there silent but in respectful stance throughout the ceremony. But it came to a head at a couple of points. The eulogy I planed to give and accepting the communion wafer. In the case of the wafer I essentially decided I did not want to let my ideas become the center of attention or show disrespect to the many nice nomially catholic people who were there.

And I have an 8 year old son. I simply talked to him before and after, I basically talk to him often about what I believe and about caring for other people so I'm comfortable that I didn't give him a conflicting signal if he even noticed.