Orthodox6 wrote:Some years ago, I had to make a decision about attending my grandmother's funeral. Perhaps I made the wrong choice; I can't change things now. My grandmother no longer was a Christian, because she had joined the Jehovah's Witnesses. I thought I understood our priest (not where I live now) to draw the line at attending a non-Christian rite. I no longer can remember accurately. At any rate, I did not go, and this angered my parents greatly.
Your all's thoughts?
Well, perhaps they percieved your refusal to go to your grandmother's funeral as though you were saying that to attend would, in a way, "dirty" you, or that you were "too good" to be in such a situation. Please note: I am trying to see things from your parents perspective. I am not trying to make any accusation or attack on you here and now. But if they were grieving for a mother's death, to have a child (albeit a grown one) refuse could be felt as a kind of 'slap in the face'.
Ebor