I made it through the wake for my wife’s grandmother. It wasn’t as bad as I expected. I thought I’d be really uncomfortable around the body (I’ve never been around a dead body before) but it didn’t affect me at all. It just felt completely disconnected from her as a person. Like a wax model or something. A photograph evokes more emotion for me.
I’m pretty tired of making small talk though.That was just exhausting. We were there for five hours – so that’s five hours of people asking “what are you up to these days?” (nothing) and “how are you?” (well, you know…).
