One of our dearest friends from college just lost her husband to cancer. We were in each other’s weddings. We have grown apart since then but still obviously devastated for her loss. It was been years since I have been to a visitation....should we bring kids 13,13 and 7? The 13 year olds are friends with her daughter, although they have told me she is painfully shy so they aren’t exactly close. I’m not sure if it’s inappropriate to bring them or nice to have there for a distraction. Both DH and I will have to work during the funeral so I want to do my best to make the visitation.
on a separate note, this week has just broken my heart. First our community searched for a missing child who was then found murdered and then I got the news that our friend died on Valentine’s Day. Just awful.