Not to be morbid or anything...
Posted by VegHeadZealia on Sep 10, 2007 · Member since Mar 2007 · 1665 posts
but I think I figured outhow I want o be buried...
Check out these Eco friendly coffins. They are made of biodegratable cardboard.
http://www.ecocoffins.com/show_all.htm
I think I want my family to bury me int eh plain cardboard one but at my wake or memorial service or whatever...for my family and friends to decorate, write on, decoupage and draw on the coffin before they put me in the earth...
I realize that cremation is more environmentally friendly, but fire makes me really sad. Of course, I don't know how much of my body will be left for viewing----cause hopefully they will be able to donate the majority of the organs and tissues...
SO...My friends, how do all of YOU want to be honored after you leave your bodies? :D
i told my mother that when she dies, im putting her in the compost bin.
the one that spins...so i gave her a garden catalog and told her to pick any one she wants! ;D ;D ;D ;D
I saw something about natural burial a while back on PBS.
Have you ever seen the embalming on Six Feet Under? :o
I told my family DO NOT embalm me!!!
I also told them I wanted a natural burial or cremated...the garden thing sounds interesting too. My daughter wants me turned into a diamond after she saw a news report about it.
I don't think this is a morbid topic. Both my S/O and I have made arrangements for our "demise." I'm trying to convince my mom to make the same arrangement.
Mainly, we're getting frozen after we die. Now, I KNOW, it's a long shot and may seem crazy.
But, I look at it this way: I'm an atheist. There is nothing out there after death (for me). I love life. If I can have a chance, no matter how tiny, at prolonging it - I'm taking it. If it doesn't work out, I haven't lost anything (I'm dead, after all). If, on the other hand, it works ... well, then, I won the jackpot!
This is my plan A. Plan B is to stay dead, lol. I always think it's better to have options in everything. ;)
The decorating idea sounds very cool.
Take any useable organs and donate them. Then my first choice would be throw me in to the ocean. preferably the Caribbean because I love the crystal clear, warm see through water. Needless to say, dumping bodies is illegal so....cremate me and throw my ashes in the Caribbean. If not the Caribbean, then off the coast of Newfoundland where my dad is from and where I have many happy memories. Of course, at the same time toss the ashes of all my pets with me.
My dad, bless his heart wants his ashes spread in three different places. 1/3 at the Casino in Niagara Falls, Canada, 1/3 under his favourite tree at his golf course and the last third in the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
I love the ocean. I love snorkelling and diving. I love the waves, the sounds, the smells of the ocean. Where better to spend eternity!
Donate whatever organs can be recycled. ;) Then cremate me and scatter my ashes out in a green pasture or in some woods to (hopefully)provide some kind of nutrients and to be with nature. Or I like the idea of being buried (whatever's left after organ donation) in minimal materials to decompose and provide food for growing plants-- the circle of life. :)
i definitely want a natural burial.
i just want my body to be compost...it's going to decompose no matter what... and there is no reason trying to prolong it. i really don't understand the way people typically deal with death.
It's also one thing to have family, friends, and business associates get together to honor one of our loved ones when they pass away....I DO believe that is good...and healthy.....it helps those missing and grieving their loss....
Yeah. However, I've told our children that I DO NOT want a funeral--just a party (well, a wake, if you prefer) where everyone can get together and enjoy each other and maybe remember me fondly for a bit. The last funeral I went to was awful. I hate formal things anyway. I'm pretty sure I'd get enough "closure" having a party/wake if I were the one left behind; and it would be a lot less wrenching for the family if I were the one who died.
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