Comments on: Nothing Says "Forever" Like a Dead Mother-In-Law Solitaire

By: Kathleen Azevedo

Kathleen Azevedo — Sun, 11 May 2014 02:20:36 +0000

I want to enrich the soil for sequoias and redwoods- my favorite trees. Let the trees be the monuments. Let them have name plates. I am happy just to be their nourishment.

By: Icy Sedgwick (@IcySedgwick)

Icy Sedgwick (@IcySedgwick) — Sat, 10 May 2014 13:42:19 +0000

My dad used to be a marshall at the motor racing circuit near us and he wants to be cremated and have his ashes mixed with the concrete dust they use to mop up oil spills. Talk about nuts.

Me? I want to be cremated and have the ashes buried at the bottom of a tree, in the hope that my combined ashes and the tree somehow make the first real Ent.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 10 May 2014 08:10:20 +0000

Well………
My Dad never met his paternal grandfather, but I remember that every time we drove past his graveyard- usually on the way to visit relatives, Dad would say:
“You can turn over on your other side, now Grandpa.”
And my sister and I would always giggle.

By: maratio

maratio — Thu, 08 May 2014 14:08:38 +0000

First off I love your blog! So glad to have found it 🙂

Now on the subject….I want a white tomb right in front of Higwarts castle and then me in it….oh wait… anyway at 27 it is probably morbid to be ginving the thougth of death as much time as I do but I have a pretty good idea of what I want and have had it for a long time I want to be creamted and scattered all over some kind of water service, I want to be in water when I am no longer here, pirat funeral will do as well.

or mabye drink me? :p

By: Jilanne Hoffmann

Jilanne Hoffmann — Tue, 06 May 2014 22:35:52 +0000

Yes, my father-in-law is in a box at the moment, waiting for his interment on the island in Maine in August. Although as a hydrogen proponent/news journalist for years, he would have preferred to have turned into water as a byproduct of combustion instead of ash.

I could see someone making a mint off the diamond idea.

By: sandylrowland

sandylrowland — Tue, 06 May 2014 20:51:28 +0000

In reply to ontyrepassages. Love it! Harley, you always make me laugh. Thanks! Great post, Kristen. A good post gains comments and both of you have spurred us on to think and muse. Well done!

By: Raani York

Raani York — Mon, 05 May 2014 21:38:23 +0000

I was secretly grinning about this post, Kristen… It reminded me of my former fiancé. With his proposal he gave me a ring he had said was worth five times more than it actually was (it took me two looks and I knew he was a liar)… I thought… oh well… let’s say, I took off before the wedding and never regretted it… and I left that ring behind me – together with some symbol above the entrance door and a note…
I heard, he got married to another woman a few years later… And I’m still REALLY curious if he gave her the same cheap ring he once had handed me… ROFL

By: bejelq1004

bejelq1004 — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:41:15 +0000

Ha ha ha! I have never given thought to what i want to do with my own remains. My 8 year old asked me last week though if i want to be buried or ‘Ashed”. She also used to refer to the act of others smoking as ‘cigaretting’. I did have the thought of cremating my husband and having his ashes put into a teddy bear so I could dress him up, take him to sporting events, sleep and cuddle with him and put him in a place of honor during my one sided conversations. Now that we are most likely getting a divorce, I can nix than plan.

I like the diamond idea. I don’t think my mass will merit a 2-carat stone but perhaps enough for a full 1-carat. lol.

By: Roma

Roma — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:10:17 +0000

I made the mistake of reading this at work and laughing so hard I couldn’t speak. Everyone wanted to know what was so funny….so I show them….now we all are having a hard time breathing lol. Thank you for making my morning!

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Mon, 05 May 2014 12:49:37 +0000

In reply to Austa Gio. Just makes me feel TWICE as special ((HUGS))