In the last part of Morticians Diaries by June knights Nadle its describes the experiences she has been through while being a mortician,
“I have cried myself dry on his shoulder” p93
he counseled those assembled to remember that the quality of life was more important than the quantity.” p 94
he gave me his vital statistics, said he preferred to be cremated, and then said that the service details could be decided by his parents or sister. P 103
“These are difficult cases we handle these days p106
“This mother lost her son twice-once by her own rejection and then by his death’p107
…:I Was intrigued with the Japanese sections strange decorations. Often food was at the head of the grave…p111
“my mother was in the hospital on life support for two weeks. The doctor recommended removing life support for two weeks”
In the last part of the book a few stories really stuck out to me. There was one story about a gay man and his parents disowned him because of it. But when the mother heard he was dying he didn’t want her to see him like that and he also didn’t want anyone to see his dead body. The gay man named Gary and his partner was Boyd. The mother of Gary tried to press charges against the partner because she felt she had rights as a mother to see her son. But they hired a durable power of attorney that allowed Gary’s wishes to remain, this confused me a little on what durable power of attorney does.
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