I just arranged for my own cremation. No reason to add any more decisions to my surviving family. I wasn't offered the tree seed option, but did get a choice of cremation containers (coffin). I asked if they had recycled Uhaul packing boxes...but no such luck. Maybe the idea of tree seeds hadn't quite caught on here in southern Arizona ?
Once again, J, you have created an original and insightful essay for our delight. As you mentioned, the whole burial industry has some strangeness to it. My father died when I was twenty, and we children had to bury him. We selected a metal casket. To this day, I cannot bear that color. Thanks for your
This made me smile, maybe even a lil giggle !! Thanks 😇 .. I'm planning a mushroom compost burial .. Unless something better comes along when me time stops!!
Loved this: "If clutter remains a problem for you, you can launch my cremains on a one-way trip to the final frontier. Sending one gram is not like sending a whole Mom or a whole Grandma. It’s more like sending a small toe." A toe hold in space, huh?
I just arranged for my own cremation. No reason to add any more decisions to my surviving family. I wasn't offered the tree seed option, but did get a choice of cremation containers (coffin). I asked if they had recycled Uhaul packing boxes...but no such luck. Maybe the idea of tree seeds hadn't quite caught on here in southern Arizona ?
Once again, J, you have created an original and insightful essay for our delight. As you mentioned, the whole burial industry has some strangeness to it. My father died when I was twenty, and we children had to bury him. We selected a metal casket. To this day, I cannot bear that color. Thanks for your
very pertinent take on the funeral industry.
Whatever form you take I’m sure it will be beautiful.
Thank you. Deep bow.
I particularly enjoyed this one. So wisely wistful.
Deeply grateful to you.
Wonderful, especially the last line.
This made me smile, maybe even a lil giggle !! Thanks 😇 .. I'm planning a mushroom compost burial .. Unless something better comes along when me time stops!!
Loved this: "If clutter remains a problem for you, you can launch my cremains on a one-way trip to the final frontier. Sending one gram is not like sending a whole Mom or a whole Grandma. It’s more like sending a small toe." A toe hold in space, huh?