Putting the Fun in FuneralSome deaths come suddenly or too soon and can really hit hard, others seem to be a blessed relief. Similarly, some funerals can be deeply upsetting and sad, others can make you want to hug the world.
Mmm, don't want to bring you down or anything, but tell us your funeral stories...
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chthonic, Thu 11 May 2006, 9:31)
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Appropriate TimingI've just got back from attending the funeral of my great-grandmother. Thought to myself "I'll just load up b3ta, see what the new qotw is..."
The service was nice, and she'd lived a long and relatively good life, which is what matters. Of course, being part Irish, I got to play the old fun game of 'Desperately try and recall the name of the person you're shaking hands with' that comes with any occasion involving my extended family. I'm getting better, even if I say so myself.
This got me thinking about my own funeral arrangements (God knows why, I've got at least a good forty something years left) I'm thinking of having people employed to stand at the side and enforce a two minute limit on crying. Mourning is all well and good, but I want my send-off to be a celebration of my life.
Apoligies for lack of particular humour. Length? Well it's all relative, isn't it?
(, Thu 11 May 2006, 18:13, Reply)
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