Funeral director Barry Albin Dyer
I have the greatest job in the world. I’m trusted with a person’s most sacred possession: the person they love. I’m a kind of midwife, only I see you out of this life. I also make sure that the lives of the people left behind don’t get any worse: the funeral is your first full step to recovery. The worst thing is having to put a new pair of shoes on someone before they’re buried. I can’t do it because those shoes will never walk anywhere. I like to bury people in worn ones because of the places they’ve been with that person.…
