We are also back from 4+ hours at the funeral home. As those things go, it was not so awful. Many long-time friends from our former church were there, as were many of the people close to John's wife and daughters with whom we've become acquainted at the hospital over the past few weeks. This whole funeral home viewing custom is not part of the zeitgeist of grief to which Richard and I subscribe, but tonight conformed to John's wishes and met the needs of his wife and daughters.