Yeah, I had to go to my gradma's funeral about a month 1/2 ago .My dad's mom,it was the hardest fueral to go to.And my dad and grandfather really loved her.When she was in the hospice,everyone saw her,but she was gone totally incapacitated.My sister was the one that was there for the last breath.I don't know, sometimes just the idea of haveing someone there who isn't just family(your friend) is good enough.Cause I know my dad's best friend was there.And yeah funerals are a ritual signifying our own mortality.The only sighn if immortatlity isthey way we keep procreating and passing down the genetic pool for generations to generations to come (o.k. way too deep) But anywho,a friend is a friend indeed.Make him laugh.