A morbid subject
My uncle passed away last week and the family donated his body to the hospital for a program titled 'Silent Mentor'. Throughout the wake, there were only prayers, but no body. Friends and family who came to pay last respect can only see his photo and not the body. Hmm...such a subject in my baby/child friendly blog. But I feel the need to touch on this. It makes me wondered about life and the end of it and what happens after we die. Every religions has their own belief and somehow I feel weird about the whole thing. I have heard of organ donation but this is the first time ever hearing about body donation. However, if you go to the website for Silent Mentor, you would see that the whole process is very respectful, dignified and honorable. Just that I can't seem to understand the whole thing and it really define 'funeral' in a new way. Because of this, there was no funeral, there was no last journey before the cremation, there was no last send-o