“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.”
—Mary Oliver
What would you like to be able to say about your life as it nears the end?
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“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.”
—Mary Oliver
What would you like to be able to say about your life as it nears the end?
Comments are closed.
At my age (late 80s) I read the newspaper obituaries to find out about the lives having been lived by others. There are those that indicate what they have enjoyed, produced, done, achieved as well as compliments to them (“We all loved her/him so much”). I’m not sure that I want details about my life printed in the news; sufficient should be an announcement that I’m no longer on the other end of the phone or receiving e-mails at the computer or going out to dinner with them anymore! Perhaps a short message about my demise will be sufficient since those who have known me know all of “that stuff” already.
I helped make the world a better place by my teachings and writings; people got, used and appreciated what I taught.
Patt, I think I’d prefer the short death notice myself. Also, some papers charge for the long form obituaries. I think the Boston Globe does. I’ve also decided that I don’t want any funeral or memorial services, just give away my organs and cremate what’s left. I’m utilitarian like that.
I often say I want to come back as a well-loved dog. But even as a human, I think I want the same as the dog, the knowledge that I have indeed been “good”.
Maggie, somehow I believe that each of us, in some way, will be remembered as having been good and have been loved.