Your Death and Post-Death Preferences

Gráinne · 10-23-2011, 08:19 PM

I have an order that if I can only be kept alive by machines, turn them off. No heroic measures. I drew that up with my will last year.

After death, use whatever can be used, then cremate the rest. And I want about the opposite of my brother's funeral; he had canned hymn music, somber people sitting around in black, and an ancient funeral director who turned his service into a Jesus call. It was awful. I want a New Orleans jazz band, and/or the drum band from Titanic

. Huge bash, no crying allowed.

After that, I'll either be scattered somewhere I love or put into a fake rock in one of those rock gardens springing up in cemeteries now. I can see it now: my kids will go visit "Mom's Rock" on Sunday afternoons :P.

I've also considered donating myself to the Body Farm in Tennessee.

Soft*Silver · 10-23-2011, 09:34 PM

rituals after death are for the living. I have informed my family that I have no preferences. They may do what they wish with my body. My only wish is to not spend alot of money on it. No need.

I too am an organ donor. They are to bear respect for that.

I dont care if they bury me, nor do I care if they visit the grave if they do. I dont care if they cremate me. If they do, I just ask to be near horses.

I want to be remembered as someone who made the difference in animal's lives. I have helped many a dog and horse rescue. I help set up online auctions to sell items for animal rescue organizations. I adopt only senior animals. I foster when asked, and do legs of transport to assist animals get to their forever homes. I dont care that I live on next to nothing. I help abused animals find kind humans that make their time on earth happy, safe and loving.

10-23-2011, 08:19 PM	#1
Gráinne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?: My name always works Relationship Status: Happy whatever happens Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,864 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,118 Thanked 7,386 Times in 1,457 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I have an order that if I can only be kept alive by machines, turn them off. No heroic measures. I drew that up with my will last year. After death, use whatever can be used, then cremate the rest. And I want about the opposite of my brother's funeral; he had canned hymn music, somber people sitting around in black, and an ancient funeral director who turned his service into a Jesus call. It was awful. I want a New Orleans jazz band, and/or the drum band from Titanic . Huge bash, no crying allowed. After that, I'll either be scattered somewhere I love or put into a fake rock in one of those rock gardens springing up in cemeteries now. I can see it now: my kids will go visit "Mom's Rock" on Sunday afternoons :P. I've also considered donating myself to the Body Farm in Tennessee. __________________ The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck

10-23-2011, 09:34 PM	#2
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,894 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	rituals after death are for the living. I have informed my family that I have no preferences. They may do what they wish with my body. My only wish is to not spend alot of money on it. No need. I too am an organ donor. They are to bear respect for that. I dont care if they bury me, nor do I care if they visit the grave if they do. I dont care if they cremate me. If they do, I just ask to be near horses. I want to be remembered as someone who made the difference in animal's lives. I have helped many a dog and horse rescue. I help set up online auctions to sell items for animal rescue organizations. I adopt only senior animals. I foster when asked, and do legs of transport to assist animals get to their forever homes. I dont care that I live on next to nothing. I help abused animals find kind humans that make their time on earth happy, safe and loving. __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears