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Posted by Pogonip on January 9, 2008, 1:09 am
BEI Design wrote:
> Olwyn Mary wrote:
>
>>BEI Design wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.comics.com/wash/pickles/
>>
>>Yes, I saw that this morning. Personally, I'd rather
>>have my ashes dug in round the roses in the churchyard,
>>but dh wants us to be in the columbarium eventually. Oh
>>well, I've spent my entire married life living where he
>>wanted trather than where I would have preferred, so
>>what's the diff? I won't be alive to notice anyway.
>
>
> My mother's ashes are planted with roses at my childhood
> home which is no longer in the family. My father's ashes
> are planted with a Double Delight rose (both of our
> favorites) at my home, but eventually this place too will
> pass out of the family.
>
> I think I would prefer to have mine scattered at my favorite
> stretch of Oregon beach, and I'm still storing DH's for the
> same place. The DDs and DGC can have a nice vacation while
> taking care of it.
>
> ;-}
>
> Beverly
>
>
My husband and his siblings arranged to have a bench put on a biking
trail in South Dakota, before their father died. It was to be a
surprise for him on their next biking trip, but he slipped away one
morning, sitting on his front porch after he had fed the dogs. They
continued with the plan, and had the plaque include his dates of birth
and death, and their next biking trip (a family tradition of sorts) they
took his ashes there and scattered them around "his" bench. I can't
think of a better thing to do with them.
We have a regional park here where you can have a tree planted and a
marker placed. Apparently, the park rangers look away if you scatter
ashes around the tree. I like that, too.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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