I'm heartbroken. How can people be so cruel?

[pnwmom]

48. I think you missed a key part of this. His parents prevented him

from seeing his friends and loved ones when he was dying, by keeping his presence with them a secret. How heartless was that?

And, yes, that's tragic in and of itself... but when he came home to die, he needed to moved in with his parents. Although they sheltered and took care of him, they told nobody that he was home, that he was dying... they just kept it a secret.

When he died, it was a "direct burial". No embalming. No viewing. No funeral. No obituary. No memorial. No service. No announcement. No headstone. No NOTHING!!! It was as if David never existed. It was the early 90's and they were afraid of what the neighbors would think... and he came from a very fundamentalist type of family.