When You Can't Do It Over...

My mother passed away in 2001 in a town quite a distance from where I live. I laid awake the night before her funeral wondering if I had taken care of all the little details involved in her memorial service. What if I had forgotten something really important? A funeral seemed so final, and I knew there was no doing it over if I messed it up.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t me who messed up. I told my daughter and her husband where the graveside service was to be held, but, instead of turning right at the second bridge to reach the cemetery, they turned at the first one and ended up making an unwanted tour of the local golf course.

I held off the beginning of the service as long as possible, but finally resigned myself to the fact that my daughter was going to miss her grandmother’s funeral and told the minister to go ahead and begin.

About half way through the service, a car pulled in down the hill from the burial site and my daughter and her family came rushing up the hill.

The pastor, a good friend of ours, adapted quickly to the situation, and, without a moment’s hesitation, began the service again as soon as they were all seated. No one gave any indication that they had heard half the service before and from that point on, things went off without a hitch.

A funeral truly is a time when you don’t need things to go wrong. All of us have heard horror stories of flowers being delivered to the wrong funeral home, or not at all, and of pastors who forget the day of the funeral and make a trip out of town.

If you find yourself in the unenviable position of planning a funeral service, eliminate one of your worries by checking in with Dot Flowers to get just the right funeral flowers for your loved one’s memorial. Dot Flowers not only takes orders online, but will verify the address and time of delivery with the funeral home to make absolutely sure that t here are no slip ups. And, in addition, Dot Flowers will contact you to let you know after that verification has taken place. One more worry off your mind, and at the time of bereavement, that can be a very welcome service, indeed.