tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post419276173589938036..comments2023-10-17T12:09:55.180-04:00Comments on Melmoirs: Stripped, someday to be blurredMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-4793153301167870052009-11-12T21:59:38.120-05:002009-11-12T21:59:38.120-05:00Chris, I've been a fan of cremation for many y...Chris, I've been a fan of cremation for many years. I like the naturalist "simple burial" movement, too. Makes sense. Plus I have a note on the license about organ donation, so there may not be a lot to preserve if I'm in decent shape when I head on to the next stop. And thanks, Facie, for the peaceful wishes. A couple days of a better week have served to remind me of all my incredible blessings and have reminded me to stop whinging. Even if the car is wrecked, it's still just a hunk of metal, really. Sorry to hear/read about your many sad days of late. Hope that you, too, find peace in the midst.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-75168212336922442622009-11-11T18:39:39.678-05:002009-11-11T18:39:39.678-05:00Mel,
Here is hoping you find peace. I think back...Mel, <br /><br />Here is hoping you find peace. I think back to a Chicken Soup for the Soul story I read years ago about a woman who wrecked her car and was worried about what her husband would say when she got home. Turns out he said something like, "You can be upset about the car. Or you can be okay with it. Either way, the car is still wrecked."<br /><br />I might not have that quite right, and Lord knows I do not always follow that sage advice, but I try.<br /><br />And thanks for the timely tidbit about the vault. Having witnessed two cemetary services in three days this past weekend, it is nice to know what that thing was called.<br /><br />And I am with Chris and cremation.Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7663468186545705233.post-91370997813371050222009-11-11T12:17:11.803-05:002009-11-11T12:17:11.803-05:00To your burial point, I don't get the whole id...To your burial point, I don't get the whole idea of being buried in am impenetrable vault for all eternity -- I'd prefer ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Have heard about a movement toward simple burials...not being pumped full of embalming chemicals and buried in a simple cloth shroud or biodegradable casket, in a natural setting, and allowing nature to take her course. I'm planning to be cremated, but this would be a close second.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_burialchris h.http://www.writingbyear.comnoreply@blogger.com