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Tourists take pictures to prove they were there. Filmmakers make movies because they were never there.
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On the morning of the funeral, we arrived at the church an hour or so early to set up and prepare. We like to be the first ones at a church funeral, but today we were beat by Chad’s mother, who was setting photos of her son around the small sanctuary of the church with a smile on her face. She had photos of Chad as an infant, dressed in his baby clothes; the classic T-ball photo shoots that are equal parts Americana and boyhood dreams; the prom photo shoot; the graduate photos. And that was it.
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― Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life
― Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life
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