Just a little rant...

[catnapper]

I think everyone has a different idea of death and the afterlife. I refuse to go to the cemetary - their body might be there, but thats not THEM. Its their bodily remains. Their spirit is released and free to go wherever it wants --- if I were a spirit, the cemetary wouldn't be where I hung out. I'd be at home watching over my loved ones. So goes my own little perspective. I have never visite anybody's gravestone after the funeral. Never will.

I however would be compelled to put some type of marker on a grave. Even just a small cement slab with name and dates.

[Grace]

This article was in our local paper today. Fits right in with this topic -

Scattering Mom, one scoop at a time . . .

My parents are buried in Rhode Island, and that's where my brother plans to be buried, also. I want to be like the woman in this article - cremated and scattered to the winds. Some of me should go into Narragansett Bay, some in Lake Superior - the rest wherever. My spirit will be free to roam.

We have talked about which ever one of us goes first should be cremated; then set the remains aside until the other one passes. Another cremation - mix us together. We can be scattered together

[moosmom]

Susie knows that I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over Bolton Lake. My cats' ashes are to be combined with mine before scattering.

It's SOOOO cold out, Susie and I have decided to hold off brunch till it gets warmer. Maybe then, we'll take a ride to the cemetery.