Brad and I talk about our funerals far more then is healthy, I am sure!! But we were addicted to the HBO show "Six Feet Under". So I guess watching so many seasons of a show based on a family who runs a funeral home can have that effect on a person.
So Brad and I have started our own little lists of our "Funky Final Request" (I know, we really need to get out more!) Brad has requested a HUGE funeral and a fancy casket. I on the other hand want no formal funeral, just throw me in a plywood box and be done with it. I have made Brad promise that if I go first he is to go on a long vacation (preferably to the Bahamas). I want to be buried with a spoon "in" my hand. I am quite sure that heaven will have ice cream at every turn, and I wouldn't want to show up unprepared! I also want to be buried with cute/comfortable shoes on. I recently read that they generally don't bury people with shoes on unless specifically requested. Well I certainly don't want to show up at the pearly gates for my grand family reunion and not have on fashionable foot wear.
Brad recently learned that many years ago bells were installed at ground level above the casket with a string for the bell running inside of the casket. (He thinks this would be great.) This is done just in case you were accidentally buried alive. Then you could pull your handy-dandy bell string and voila, they hear the bell and dig you back up. Can I just say if my loving family happened to bury me alive, they wouldn't want to dig me up because I would beat the living daylights out of them!!
Myles has told me that he wants gold coins placed on his eyes for the "Boat Man". He loves Greek history/mythology, so that is where he picked this one up. But I think that is a simple enough request (hope his wife thinks so too :))
So there you have it! Do any of you have similar quirky requests?
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." -- Mark Twain
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April Sue:
You've got to write a book!!!!!
Hey April,
Well you know I'd have to comment on this!! :-)~ I don't know if this is funky or not, but.... Dealing with funeral arrangements all the time, the thing we most hear (99% of the time) is "mom never wore a lot of make-up", or "make her look as natural as possible", "simple", "soft" etc. Well, my take is this. My death may be the one time in my life when I'm not running late or rushing to get somewhere (which is my excuse as to why i don't always look my best), so I've made it known that I don't care if the viewing needs to be extended out 2 extra days to get me ready - I WANT TO LOOK FABULOUS!! Not like myself, or any photo that someone can pull out of their wallet of me -I want to look the best I've ever looked, like fake eyelashes, fabulous hair, the whole 9 yards!! You know, cinch up my waist a little bit, perk up my breasts, etc. I want people to come up to my casket & say "that's not Ashley!" I've got plenty more where that came from, but I won't bore you anymore. Love & hugs & kisses to you all!!
Before Seth's grandma died, she told everyone that there was a certain song that she wanted played at her funeral. She showed us the sheetmusic for the song, and then she said, "But I want the music back afterwards because it's my favorite song!" Um, you'll be dead, how will we give it back to you?!!
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