Mil died and I can't get to the funeral

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because my ds's passport is being renewed. It had to be renewed because of possible Brexit on 31st October.

I feel quite desperate that I can't get there until Sunday night.

And that I can't go to the funeral.

Oh. Can your ds stay with someone and you travel? When is the funeral?

Can you leave your son at home/with other family and just you and your husband go?

Emergency appointment at the passport office?

So passport office where I am had one member of staff dealing with this and they are on long term sick leave.

Dh with his dad already. He left when he saw how ill she was. We didn't know how little time she had left . I can only get there on Sunday with the dcs.

It's the best I can do. Gutted.

I have appointment on Friday to get emergency travel documents in another country.

Why can't they have the funeral Sunday/after Sunday, when you will be there?

She's Jewish. Always day after death.

I’m so sorry.
How old are your kids, can you do something with them to mark it?

Well then, its sucks, but there's not much you can do and I can't see how any one can blame you for not being there.

Have a remembrance service with the DCs instead.

I'm so sorry for your loss and this awful situation. Can you do something with the dcs at the time of the funeral - light a candle in your local church, or light a candle at home in front of a picture of her and say a prayer?

Can you organise childcare and you go? If you can I think you need to be there to support your dh.

I’m so sorry, what a completely crap situation.

I can't organise childcare.

Went to organise emergency travel documents at the embassy.

I submitted the application on Tuesday and by Friday 4pm, they still hadn't issued the documents.

The embassy closes at 4pm and at 4.30pm, they emailed me to say the travel documents were ready. I had to leave before them because I had to collect my children.

Now they've sent me a letter to use with the airline instead of emergency travel documents. As if that's going to work.

What a bunch of wastrels. £1.4k wasted on flights.