Glen Abbey Memorial Park at 3838 Bonita Road, Bonita, California.

Funerals take a certain toll on each person who knew each departed and it's different for each. The closer we are to the situation the more invested we tend to be, not to the person, but the arrangements and although I was here to bury my aunt I spent consecutive days here and couldn't help, but pick up some subtleties that will stay with me forever.

An older mortuary on a large very slanted property that has a small chapel and a large one. The larger main hall is on the East end of the property, smaller on the west. The west entrance is poorly lit as is most of the pathways, which makes parking in the exceptionally tight path extra difficult. The burial was on a cold rainy morning that made getting to the site a little precarious and with no real map or grid for the plots I found it difficult to find a path of least disrespect to get to the grave. I meant none, but with reverence knew I must have stopped on graves inadvertently.

Being Filipino and having quite a few family and friends pay their respects was impressed by how well the facilities were able to accommodate the amount of people. Though I thought their planning could be better with the timing and logistics. I don't know that I would want a burial, but rather a cremation and as far as my funeral I'd probably want something more along the lines of the life I lead. Humble and traditional so I'd probably seek my final resting place to be somewhere a little better laid out.