The funerals are hard, so it's good to see all these people come out and show their support,

Funerals...are for the living.

I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodded at every word. Funerals, I had decided, are for the living.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

A lot of the people were dying. Every time we looked up, we were going to funerals. We decided to get together for fun.

People have passed on wonderful family trips, family reunions, missed funerals, missed weddings.