Wednesday, January 31, 2007
So, my great-grandmother died in the middle of the night, late Sunday night/early Monday morning. She was nearly 96 years old. That's old.
So the first odd thing in my mind....the whole visitation/wake thing. Does anyone else find it odd that everyone comes around and looks at the deceased and just carries on conversations with each other while there's this body lying in a casket right there in the very room you're standing in? And I don't know if I want to have an open casket for everyone to be staring at me like that. That's all just a little strange to me.
Second odd thing in my mind....we're at the cemetary today for the funeral. And this happens to be the same cemetary that like our whole family is buried in/going to be buried in. A couple months ago my parents and grandparents picked out their spots at the cemetary. Not only have they picked out their spots....they've already bought the headstones. Not only have they already bought the headstones....they've got them there in the ground with their names and birth dates on them.....just waiting for the "expiration date" now. Does this seem just slightly disturbing or creepy to anybody out there?
Just things to think about....
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