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Glad it interested you, Wigopa. Some people don't like this kind of post.
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Re: When Micheal Died
Mikes_Goddess, very interesting about the dragons tattoo on your thigh. Did Michael have tattoos?
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July 7, 2008
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When Micheal Died
I had him cremated, partially because I could not begin to afford a traditional funeral but partially because I could not let him go. His ashes sat on my bookshelf for nearly three months, I was unable to decide what to do. I always assumed that I would die first. But it was his heart that gave out. Finally I decided to scatter his ashes over the river where we were married. I am getting a tattoo next month, two dragons biting each other's tails with his name and the date we were married.... no over done headstone to visit. Just a quiet reminder of our love on my thigh.
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mikes_goddess
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July 7, 2008
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Makes me wonder what I should do when it is my time..I love the quotes..
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wigopa
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July 6, 2008
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Re: Cremate me...
HAHAHAHA Cheugon. That man is so wierd. I think he laughs all the way to the bank.
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July 1, 2008
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Re: thought provoking
If that's what he wants, Rabbit_From_The_Woods, I hope you do it for him--at least until you marry again. Then you need to stick him in the basement or something.
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TAPS.
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July 1, 2008
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Cremate me...
...and put my ashes in a wine bottle so I can improve with age.
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metalrat
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thought provoking
Sounds really nice what you did for your sis. My husband says he wants to be cremated and have his ashes put in an urn on the mantle piece with a picture of him smiling on it and saying, "I saw naked people!"
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RabbitFromtheWoods
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June 25, 2008
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You scare me with this talk! I am not ready to think about it! sam
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sam444
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June 25, 2008
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Troosha, What a beautiful place to let out a gentle sigh. I love the Oregon Coast. Every view is special, every beach is uniquely its own and most are contained within stark cliff boundaries that capture moods in the sunny brilliance of Ecola or the gloom of Cape Foulweather. What a place to catch a glimpse of a special silhouette.
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June 25, 2008
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Taps
Just think of me as the silhouette you see once in a while as a flash at the corner of your eye
.. now wouldn’t that be marvelous. Who, but you, could come up with such an enchanting notion? In addition to wanting to be that silhouette, I would like a bench placed somewhere (preferably with a view of the Pacific Ocean as I lived near the ocean most of my adult life). There people could sit in peacefulness – think of me or not think of me – but have a place to just rest and let out a gentle sigh.
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Troosha
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June 25, 2008
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Don't want to talk or think about death right now, but I always visit and I want to explaın about the C and F: temperatures are ın the trıple digits. So, no Turkey for you?
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vogue
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June 24, 2008
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Re: It was sort of an aside... But in fact, I do have a remains story...
What a really neat story, Ciel. Thank your for both of your contributions.
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June 24, 2008
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It was sort of an aside... But in fact, I do have a remains story...
My husband's aunt, about the least sentimental person I have ever known, always practical, and deeply interested in the financial well-being of her nieces and nephews, made arrangements well before her death several years ago, for her remains to be picked up and delivered to a local medical school.
There were no funeral costs, but despite her wanting no fuss, we remembered her: I had a candle made, and my husband and I took the candle with us to the very classy restaurant she had taken us to when she visited us years before. We had a place set for her, and lit the candle to represent her.
What was most interesting was that when we went in, Russ closed the door, but it immediately blew open again long enough for one more person to enter...
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Ciel
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June 24, 2008
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ZenMom, I've been wondering if this horrible flooding in the Midwest has been stirring things up in any graveyards. It has happened before that caskets have been washed out of their places and traveled afar without anyone knowing who they were.
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June 24, 2008
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Re: Worth another airing...
Yes, Ciel. That one is always worthy of note for it's beauty and comfort to the grieving. It does not, however, address the subject of remains, which is always an issue, in every case. Even in cases where the remains cannot be found, it is an issue, perhaps even more so. There is a need in the human psyche to decently dispose of the earthly body that housed the essence of which you refer.
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June 24, 2008
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Worth another airing...
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I did not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die.
(anon)
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Ciel
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June 24, 2008
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My family knows.........burn me up...scatter my ashes in the park where I walk each day......plant a tree in my name. Just don't put me in the ground.........I don't want some guys digging me up when the need the real estate around me.......I cringe when I think of someone in the future standing over my bones...........making fun of my overbite. lol
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ZenMom
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June 24, 2008
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Re: How funny .... anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that
LOL, vickip. Now I have to go listen to that song and think of you on a bonfire. HAHAHA
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TAPS.
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June 24, 2008
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How funny .... anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that
I have always said I wanted to be propped up on a bon-fire with "Get a Leg Up" by John Mellencamp playing in the background ... just please don't let the bon-fire builders be from one of those Texas Universities!!
Shelly ... I'll write a tribute to you ... bwahahaha
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Departed1
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June 24, 2008
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Re: When I die, have each blogger write a tribute post about me.
I'm sure we would, Shelly, whether you asked for it or not.
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June 24, 2008
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When I die, have each blogger write a tribute post about me.
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shelly_b
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June 24, 2008
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Re: Individually one person at a time ......
BC-A, I don't know which is hardest, burying a mother or burying one of your children. I'm so glad that we are a family of faith and that I really believe that sometime, I will see them again.
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TAPS.
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June 24, 2008
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Individually one person at a time ......
I buried my mother with her blood intact on the day of the funeral service, love.
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BC-A
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June 24, 2008
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