Shakesthegrounds Rumblings

[loneleeb3]

We really need to change the subject!
It's givin me the willies!
Scott, you're to onery to die! I don't wanna think about it! 

[CellarDweller]

I thought it was bad enough to be compelled to act as pallbearer (I know that that's supposed to be an honor, but I've been asked to do it three times now, the first time for a great-aunt, next for for my paternal grandmother, and most recently for my aunt, and it's a burden, both physically and emotionally [sorry if that sounds unfeeling, but it's the truth]),

I agree with you on the end of your statement.  When my grandfather died, I was a pallbearer, and I was so worried about dropping my pop, I didn't mourn him at all.  The entire mass, all I could do was breathe hard, and say to myself......Don't drop pappa, don't drop pappa!

[CellarDweller]

I want to be buried with no fanfare asap after I die, and later if folks want to have a memorial service they can do whatever they like.

 


Tru, I read this really quick, and read the first line as.....

I want to be buried with no fanfare especially after I die

and I thought, well, ok......because it would be cruel to bury you before you die.....

[Scott6373]

We really need to change the subject!
It's givin me the willies!
Scott, you're to onery to die! I don't wanna think about it! 

Ya think?  That's a lovely thought...

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Okay then I'm gonna have sex with a 20 year old.

[moremojo]

Death will come to us all at some point, in some form. It's a natural element of the life experience. We are all very much living under a sentence of death--what separates us from those sentenced to die by the state is that we do not know a specific date for our appointment.

This can actually galvanize us to live life as fully as possible, while it is still ours to possess. It's like that song, "I wish you could live like you were dying." I see this as a portal into hope rather than despair, though despair could certainly be an understandable reaction too, and is one I would be in no position to judge.

So let's embrace life, friends, and stave off death for one moment, one day more...until He chooses to dance with us, and will stake a claim on our friendship as well.

[CellarDweller]

until He chooses to dance with us, and will stake a claim on our friendship as well.

If he tries to dance with me anytime soon, I'm gonna step on his foot!

[Scott6373]

Okay then I'm gonna have sex with a 20 year old.

Let's me out...I'm only 20 years old in very dim lighting

[moremojo]

If he tries to dance with me anytime soon, I'm gonna step on his foot!

That's the spirit! 

[Jeff Wrangler]

You looked after your father and his best interests, that is not gutless at all. That is courageous.

Well, thanks, but I don't see it that way. Remember, I said I couldn't deal with his losing it, but let be, let be.

Okay then I'm gonna have sex with a 20 year old.

Can I have sloppy seconds?