The Last Stop Blog

This profile about a mortuary was suprisingly interesting. Normally when you think of dead people and where they are sent and how they are dealt with it is enough to make someone cringe. However, the curiosity about them and the people the work there was certainly enhanced as a started to read this profile. I have only every been to one funeral home, when my great uncle died. I didn't know him personally but when I saw my family crying and him laying in a casket that looked actually comfortable, I felt a sense of peace. I felt that the man who was lying there looked as if he were in a deep sleep and he was finally at rest. His suffering and life was over, and his soul had moved on to another place. It did feel comforting that death wasn't gory, or violent but a body's rest while the soul moves on. Personally when I die, I would want to donate my organs to help someone else live longer and then probably just be cremated. I honeslty feel that a body in a box underground is a gross thought. I can just see it decaying and the bugs getting to it... ew yes I would definetly want to be cremated. Anyway, the profile about the mortuary really did fit the part. It is exactly what I would picture if I was thinking about where dead bodies would be before burial. Even the funeral director would be exactly as I pictured. I loved how the director would grin and say things without expression, that is just so typical to me. The writer, Brian Cable, did an excellent job in describing and making you feel like you were standing next to him talking with the man and touring the mortuary. The details were vivid and he had great sensory details. I also agreed with Brian, when he said that is takes a certain person to work a mortuary. Boy is that true, I know I could never do it. I think this is a great example of a profile and I know exactly where I am going to write mine about now.