tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post4716302128198241624..comments2023-10-10T07:35:22.206-07:00Comments on Garnetsgarden: Remembering me...Garnetrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911448607956799034noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-22959302576196081952009-05-20T04:37:49.689-07:002009-05-20T04:37:49.689-07:00Your thoughts and wishes are similar to mine. Alth...Your thoughts and wishes are similar to mine. Although I haven't set mine out formally, I've mentioned them.<br /><br />I hope your knee improves. I don't envy you the mri. Sometimes, I think I'd rather be sick than go in there.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-73990582073987634732009-05-19T21:18:18.591-07:002009-05-19T21:18:18.591-07:00Garnet I think what you have done is a wonderful t...Garnet I think what you have done is a wonderful thing, the most unselfish thing you could ever do. I too have everything paid for and planned, not for me but for my family. I do hope your knee will feel better soon, pain does make us think of what may lie ahead for us and that helps us make choices that may be hard for love to make at an emotional time......:-) HugsBerniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024565921761129108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-62937103436064580762009-05-19T15:18:23.836-07:002009-05-19T15:18:23.836-07:00My mother who passed 2 years ago this June had eve...My mother who passed 2 years ago this June had everything bought and paid for...she even had the songs picked out...her preparation did make it easier on my sisters and myself...it was nice knowing it was what she definitely wanted.Wanda.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/00551160819558198338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-59462922716752480752009-05-19T13:03:00.000-07:002009-05-19T13:03:00.000-07:00I just felt it would be less a burden on them if t...I just felt it would be less a burden on them if they knew. I also have a living will so they know that is my wish. No hooking up to tubes for me if there is no real hope of me bouncing back.<br /><br />Jeannie..I don't visit the graves but I do put flowers on for Memorial day. But going to stand and talk to them is silly for me. But we all must do what we have to do when grieving.Garnetrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911448607956799034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-49534599267870553542009-05-19T08:00:00.000-07:002009-05-19T08:00:00.000-07:00I'm with You! They should know! And the only way...I'm with You! They should know! And the only way they Will know is if we tell them! Good for you!hughugsDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181520825012037531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-45118440867086623402009-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:002009-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:00I've just taken out a pre-paid funeral plan, so's ...I've just taken out a pre-paid funeral plan, so's everything is sorted NOW! Hopefully, It'll be a long time before anyone has to find out if it is or not! xJinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425548329499971328.post-68520047212844422682009-05-19T06:10:00.000-07:002009-05-19T06:10:00.000-07:00My parents talk(ed) openly about what they want wh...My parents talk(ed) openly about what they want when they die and my own family does as well. We don't do it as if it were immanent and morbid - we laugh about it a lot. Personally, I don't really care what they do - I won't be there - so they can do whatever will help them (as long as they do it cheap). Medicine can do whatever they want to a point - but I want there to be something left to cremate and I've told my kids to take a little of my ashes on holiday with them and spread me around. I have no clue if they will actually do that as it is somewhat of a joke. <br />I don't wish to go into a cemetery - my Dad died a few years back and there hasn't been a single time I've wanted to go "visit" - in any case, my mother went alone to scatter his ashes. I vaguely know where but don't care anyway. He's in my memory.<br /><br />I think talking about it or, in your case, leaving a note with your wishes is beneficial for when the time comes as loved ones will not necessarily be in a rational state of mind and likely easy prey for a greedy funeral director.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320507412459242451noreply@blogger.com