I think Mr. Mercat’s cousin did snap some photos of my mother in law in her casket. I don’t know. I don’t think it’s creepy. I understand why some think it is. I don’t plan to do it. I do want open an open casket. I’m sad that my brother was cremated before I could see him gone. Is that creepy?
Sorry to hear of your loss. But your brother was not cremated, only his mortal remains. My father’s remains were cremated, but only after I made positive ID. The remains of my wife were buried in the conventional way.
Both my Dad & my first wife are in Heaven, and no doubt arguing as they did in this life. Their eternal destiny is not affected by the fate of their earthly remnant, in any way.
It’s not about minimizing the awfulness of losing a loved one, but realizing that our individual existence does not cease with the death of the body.
And yes, I prefer to remember my loved ones as they lived.
That's what my parents wanted....when Dad died the small family-run mortuary did a fine job; a year or so later Forest Lawn bought them out - and when Mom died their people did horrible work. The only for sure way we could even tell it was her was the hair.