what would you like to hear on the day of your funeral?

[Peaches]

I learned recently that the funeral really isn't for the one who died. I have always wanted to be cremated but I told my family to do whatever they wanted. I just hope they don't dress me in something that makes my ass look big!

On the day of my funeral I want to hear "Hi Mom!".

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Peaches

I learned recently that the funeral really isn't for the one who died.

Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain;
Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain.
And I’ll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold.
Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old.

Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun;
Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun.
And I’ll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day.
Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away.

Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing;
Buy for me a sparrow, almost any flying thing.
And I’ll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin’s nest may grow.
Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so.

I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot buy you years;
I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears.
But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head.
Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they’re no use to the dead.

[sarettah]

As I have told my kids many times. When I die, just throw me in the back of the truck, drive around and find a spot where other folks have dumped their shit and just add me to the pile.

Then go home and get drunk

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Peaches

I learned recently that the funeral really isn't for the one who died. I have always wanted to be cremated but I told my family to do whatever they wanted. I just hope they don't dress me in something that makes my ass look big!

On the day of my funeral I want to hear "Hi Mom!".

Peaches...my husband and I had a wonderful discussion, where we decided that the first one to go would be cremated and the ashes kept until the other died and was cremated. We thought it would be wonderful if all three of our daughters got together and scattered the ashes, in a place we'd think about and decide upon.

That grand, romantic plan lasted until I told my youngest daughter about it. Oh, my, the facial expression. I had to back pedal FAST and say "then again, dear, you can do whatever you need to do, whatever you're happy with."

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

Peaches...my husband and I had a wonderful discussion, where we decided that the first one to go would be cremated and the ashes kept until the other died and was cremated. We thought it would be wonderful if all three of our daughters got together and scattered the ashes, in a place we'd think about and decide upon.

That grand, romantic plan lasted until I told my youngest daughter about it. Oh, my, the facial expression. I had to back pedal FAST and say "then again, dear, you can do whatever you need to do, whatever you're happy with."

Years ago I told my family I wanted to be cremated and 1/2 my ashes spread in the ocean and half in the mountains. My brother announced that he would take care it - he would flush me down the toilet and eventually I'd end up in both places. Yes, my whole family has a warped sense of humor

I have a girlfriend whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack in 2000, leaving her with HIS mother and father's ashes and now she has his also. He had a Bel Aire he loved which she kept and every Father's Day and his birthday, she takes him for a ride in it