homegoing

"Homegoing" was the trigger for this blog. Someone I know attended a "homegoing" this weekend, though here at Cranky DearReader, we call those "wakes", or even "funerals". Yes, I understand the religious meaning, and even have some appreciation for it, theologically speaking. But it's an irritating euphemism that needs to stop. While there is a religious meaning, there's also quite a bit of presumption there - should everyone be so sure that their dead loved one is going straight to God?