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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
While I haven't planned my funeral, my best friend did prior to her death from cancer. She left explicit instructions. SHe wanted her obituary to read that she had died from cancer, because she didn't want anyone to think that after 4 years of chemo she had been hit by a bus. She threatened to come back and haunt us all if Amazing Grace was played, especially on bagpipes. And she said, "you know how they always say 'in lieu of flowers"? Fuck that. I want flowers. loads and loads of flowers."
In retrospect, having her let us know these things made it easier for us to handle the details of her funeral. Also, having her voice in our heads telling us what to do was reassuring.
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Mine is easy. I want all my organs donated (well, except the ones with high fucking liver enzymes) and my body cremated within 24 hours. I want no funeral. Scatter my ashes at a few places I have listed or say "fuck it" and don't.
My husband speaks wistfully of one of those over the top cop funerals. I tell him he gets cremated in a cardboard box before they have enough time to figure out that I poisoned him and to quit whining about it already.
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