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Earlier this year I went to Scotland for the funeral of a family friend. It was the life-affirming kind, with a moorland burial in a blizzard and a wake involving lots of wine and singing round the piano. Something I found particularly joyful about the after-party was that the waiting was done by the grandchildren (of which there were 12). Kids barely knee-high were…