Do You Still Wear a Black Dress to a Zoom Funeral?

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A black dress is usually a safe bet for a funeral, but at a Zoom funeral, nobody will see any more than the top half of my body. I could wear a black top with sweatpants, and nobody would know. As tempting as that option was, I ripped the tags off the black wrap dress I purchased during the pandemic (in a flight of late-night shopping). I had no occasion to wear it until now. Maybe some part of my brain knew I would need it. I tied a bow in the front, brushed out my curls, put on a strand of pearls from my father, applied lipstick, and swiped on water-proof mascara. This felt very different from my usual Zoom attire. It felt more like a costume than funeral attire. …