When you work with funeral homes in Coral Gables, FL on final services for a loved one, it can be a very trying time. You are grieving and you just want to take care of your loved one’s needs. But you also have to think about the rest of your family and what they want for the final services. When your family gets together, they can support one another in a very important way. You might want more time with one another after the actual services are complete. A reception is a good, less formal time to gather, catch up, grieve, share memories, and just be together. Funeral homes have seen families do all sorts of things for receptions. Here are a few suggestions to consider:
Find A Restaurant
There’s no reason you have to cook, or even find someone else to cook, if you don’t want to. Depending on the size of your family, you could simply find a restaurant with a private room and book that room for your family after the services. Everyone can order whatever they want and pay dutch style or you can offer to pick up the tab as part of the funeral costs. Either way, you have a variety of choices and your family gets to be together.
Take Up A Community Offer
If you are part of a church, or your loved one was a member somewhere in the area, there might be a church group (or another group in the community) that will offer to host a reception for you. This is a wonderful offer and can really take a load off your mind. You can simply show up with your family and they will have a meal prepared for you. It will likely be something nice and simple like sandwiches, salads, and desserts, but it’s something you didn’t have to do yourself and is a very nice gesture for someone to make.
Delegate It
If you’re the person in charge of the final services in general, you already have a lot to worry about. You might want to delegate the task of figuring out the reception details to someone else so they can set things up on your behalf. There are likely a lot of other family members or even friends who want to find a way to help and setting up a reception could be just the kind of help you need.
When you are working on final services with funeral homes in Coral Gables, FL, there are a lot of details to consider. The reception is an important time after the funeral for the family to spend more time together. If you need more ideas on what types of things might work well for your family, contact our professionals at Ferdinand Funeral Homes & Crematory. We’ve seen families do all sorts of things and we’re here to help you figure out what will work well for you. Visit us at 2546 SW 8th St Miami, FL 33135 or call us for advice at (305) 631-0001.
