Encounters with the Dead....

So last night was definately a night I won't forget..... In my line of work there's one thing i've learned... be prepared to work on just about everybody. Well yesterday my Dad called me and he said he needed some help, so me being the good daughter I am thought well ok no problem he probably needs to borrow my car or something because never in my dad's 18 years of work as a mortician has he ever asked me for professional advice or help. So when he then told me that there was a lady who'd died and her family brought in a glamour photo of her and wanted her hair styled like that and he didn't know how to do it i immediately said oh sure dad no problem i'll help you. Then after I hung up the phone i thought... OH CRAP!!! WHAT' DID I JUST SAY I'D DO? but, I promised my dad and he seemed greatful so I couldn't back out. Well he got home around 7 and gave me the keys to the Funeral home and said "Here ya go, go right on over and if you need anything just call me, oh and by the way I didn't get to glue her eyes shut yet so don't freak out but she might look like she's peekin at you" (this is where I started to internally freak out) ok so it shouldn't have been that big of a deal, I've seen dead bodies my whole life but touching one is so not in my comfort zone. So I called my friend Kristine and was telling her what i had to go do and she said she'd go with me because it wasn't that big of a deal. She had to help dress her Grandma when she died so she wouldn't get weireded out. Well that helped a little cuz atleast now I wasn't going alone. But when I got there, I went down the hallways to the prep room where the lady was and i reached my hand in and around the corner to turn the light on before I went in so I didn't freak out. And when I went in.... ok i totally freaked. I started getting light headed and panicked a little. So I did the only thing i could, I said a really quick prayer. Right after I was done I felt really calm and was able to just get the job done. My Heavenly father really loves me :) The only time I freaked out was when I was almost all done and I had to go look at my work of art from the front, and the lady was Peekin at me!!! So I screamed really loud but then I remembered what my dad had said and kinda laughed a little and just didn't look at her face the rest of the time. Ya know I was surprised that i actually went through with it and it turned out better than I thought it would. But thinking about it now, I would hope that when I die someone will make me look beautiful and I hope I don't "peek" at anybody and make them scream!