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Funeral Flowers
Flowers for funerals are a common way of expressing the deep sympathy and esteem in
which a departed individual is held.
Whether sending funeral flowers to a loved one carried to their final resting
place or sending sympathy flowers to loved ones left behind, funeral flowers are a unique expression of what flowers
symbolize at special events, especially funeral events. Flowers with their beauty, color and fragrance awaken the senses and therefore
invigorate life, and indeed they’re presence add an odd paradox to a funeral whose observance is about the passing of a life. Yet, funeral flower arrangements
whether used as flowers at a funeral home, or on the hearse or the casket itself, indicate
that our sending of flowers to a funeral is our desire to lighten the burden of the bereaved.
Flowers, because they’re alive, send a message that when there is loss and sadness,
flowers can still lift our spirits through the use of tastefully organized funeral flower arrangements.
Through the appropriate use of protocol, both funeral home flowers, and sympathy flowers combine to express the spirit of life, thus to buy funeral flowers and to send by post to the funeral still sends the message that in our small human and fragile way, we defy death.
After all, fresh cut flowers at a funeral are, whether we are aware of it or not, are the very expression of our defying our mortality through the presence of obvious life: through such flower arrangements as the funeral flower spray.
To buy and send a funeral flower spray, which are magnificent flower arrangements in themselves, is quite a loud statement of our defiance of death. Flower sprays are
unique flower bouquets.
And if you look closely, flower bouquets are turned
upward
ascending toward the sky, while funeral flower
sprays stems point downward, toward the earth.
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And so, at a family funeral, flowers that up lift the soul whether turned upward as in a flower bouquet or turned downward as in a flower spray, still send us a strong reminder that in the midst of our loss, there is life. Surely, this reminder of life brought to us by the presence of flowers at funerals also reminds us that buying funeral flowers whether online, or down the street, is the quintessential act of a life affirming act in the midst of our loss. Whether sending flowers to a funeral by post or the delivery of the flowers are directly transported by the florist themselves, each flower spray and each flower arrangement communicates a life message that goes some ways to provide consolation and strength to the bereaved.
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