On Widows Quest I often say how I want my funeral to be a celebration of my life not a morbid affair which upsets my nearest and dearest. I want to find my own “perfect” funeral so that no one has to worry about arrangements when I am gone, or wonder what I would have wanted. Isn’t it strange how being ill, makes you think about your own mortality?
I came across an article at Trendhunters about “An entrepreneur named Lynn Isenberg has brought new life to death with novel, personalized funerals” For example,

A funeral for a lifelong golf enthusiast, for …read more

I look at Burma, I look at the earthquake in China, I look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I look at the seemingly nonsensical killings on our streets….death seems to surround us. There is part of me that sees the world almost getting used to death on a large scale….then there is another side that says we will never get used to death.
I think the difference is the personal nature. When it is someone close, when it is someone that we know, when we see the faces of the deceased….we feel a pain that is so strong, …read more