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I've actually been saving a brass spittoon and a box of wood flooring to install on my grave.
I don't want the dancers to slip!
Ahhaha. Now see, in the case of some departed, I wish the headstones came with Angel Soft or Charmin' dispensers. Then I could do what I have long wanted to do without causing undue trouble for the caretakers. And it would be "green." Sort of.
I already have a plot next to my late husband's (bought it after he died). He has a tombstone that stands out: black marble with his name, dates of birth and death, and a Star of David at the top, and a plane and rescue squad insignia on each side at the bottom. Mine will be a flat stone with my name, years of birth and death, and a Star of David at the top. I could add a cat engraving at the bottom, but anyone who knows me well knows I'm a cat person. No use paying extra for it.
I'm not much into poetry, but that one made a strong impression on me when I first read it. Another poem that made a strong impression on me was Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Yes, that is a powerful poem!
This thread has made me ponder what passage I would choose if I were to have a headstone. I would likely wish to choose my own work/words, yet when one attempts to put pen to paper (two mediums anyone retirement age should be familiar with) you quickly realize how difficult it can be to script soulful/meaningful prose.
If you choose the work of a famous/well known author/poet/etc. it seems similar to one of those cover/tribute bands that make a living playing the music of a well known artist/group that may likely toil away to no avail/lose money trying to create/promote their own works/songs.
There are many passages from Robert Frost alone that would fit well on any epitaph of mine. Maybe I would present two works, my own along with a well known work of another and ask anyone reading to decide for themselves....
Somehow I think that if I were to wear a diamond ring from my former wife, while I was out dating, I think that any woman I dated would be upset that I had brought along my wife.
Somehow I think that if I were to wear a diamond ring from my former wife, while I was out dating, I think that any woman I dated would be upset that I had brought along my wife.
Actually, I think most women would think it was a loving gesture of remembrance. JMHO.
My husband qualifies to be buried at Arlington Cemetery, so that is where we will both go. No inscriptions, but my daughter knows that "I've had the time of my life" from Dirty Dancing will be played at my funeral.
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