I Still Need Counseling...

by Tamara
(N/A)

I can't find the horror entry section for the DVD's -so in light of the recent email about only a few entries - here is my horror story -which I still need counseling for...I was about 7 years old when my aunt died. I didn’t really understand death so I just knew that a bunch of my family were really sad. I noticed the man in the suit at the funeral parlor kept reaching in with a handkerchief to my aunt -which was actually dead -I just didn't get it at the time. When my turn came to walk up to the casket with my mom, I noticed the quick reach in with the handkerchief again - & approached as he was pulling away - what looked like from her face. Confused - I stood with my mom who was crying as I stare at my aunt lying in the coffin...and I noticed a trickle of (spit?) balling up at the corner of her mouth...I thought she was asleep- this confirmed it...then mom pulls me away and as I looked back I noticed the attendant doing the quick wipe thing again. When it was time to leave I told my mom to wake up my aunt so she could go too - but she just cried and tugged me away. NOW that I am grown I can tell you when I finally asked my mom what was happening - YEARS later - she told me that the body was improperly prepared -something about the equipment -now I understand ... when they use that tool that they cram inside your abdomen to get all the fluids out of before they embalm you -it was not done properly apparently since they had to keep wiping the FLUIDS from her mouth -that is freakin' nasty!!