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Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - Nov 25, 2019 9:47:32 am PST #13994 of 30019
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Jesse - Nov 25, 2019 9:53:26 am PST #13995 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I amuse my family and customers by always responding the same way to the frequent request:
Doctor: I have a question. Laura: I have the answer. DH: I have a question. Laura: I have the answer.
What I learned from my father is to say: And I have an answer. It might not be the right answer, but it will be a snappy answer.
Omg. Y'all. My mom just texted us kids and said "I thought of a good Christmas present you can buy us—urns, for our cremains!" We are all flabbergasted. Like, what? She said she wants a pretty one that she can use for flowers in the meantime. Wtf. My sister was like "are you planning to kill dad and need this sooner rather than later?!" Like "merry Christmas! We are ready for you to die!" Dear lord.
That is amazing and I love it.
Sparky1 - Nov 25, 2019 9:53:43 am PST #13996 of 30019
Librarian Warlord
We bought a box for my admin assistant's ashes for her birthday because that is what she really and truly wanted. She was so happy she cried. We still tell that story. A lot.
amyparker - Nov 25, 2019 10:16:49 am PST #13997 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
meara, I needed a laugh, and your mother provided a reason. Thank you.
meara - Nov 25, 2019 10:22:44 am PST #13998 of 30019
All three of us kids were clearly flabbergasted and amused by this. It's so my mom.
NoiseDesign - Nov 25, 2019 10:39:59 am PST #13999 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
"I thought of a good Christmas present you can buy us—urns, for our cremains!"
Having now had to do this for each of my parents after they died, there is a piece of me that thinks it actually would have been nicer to do at pretty much any other time. I remember sitting at the same table, in the same room, in the same funeral home twice, looking through pictures and making that choice. It is not a good memory.
Atropa - Nov 25, 2019 10:54:35 am PST #14000 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Meara, that is absolutely a thing my dad would say.
Jesse - Nov 25, 2019 10:59:46 am PST #14001 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am definitely glad my parents figured out most of the logistics around their funerals, etc., in advance. No urns, though -- my father is now in a columbarium behind a solid door, so for all I know, his cremains are in a cardboard box.
Amy - Nov 25, 2019 11:19:24 am PST #14002 of 30019
Because books.
I remember sitting at the same table, in the same room, in the same funeral home twice, looking through pictures and making that choice. It is not a good memory.
So many people said this to me when I was answering phones for the funeral homes. Most of them wanted to plan everything ahead of time for the next loved one. And lots of people like to pick out their own urns, too.
meara - Nov 25, 2019 11:36:58 am PST #14003 of 30019
Yeah, I would totally understand if they informed us they were buying urns. Picking your own. But have us pick it...as our Christmas present to them?
ND, I've never had to handle that before, I'm sorry it was hard. Do they make you pick right then for display-during-funeral type purposes? Or are you required to pick one to take them home?