sike, he didn't die. he's fine. he got back from the hospital on Sunday undead and walking. the next day he woke up and started mowing the lawn.

Yes I stole this idea from Shelly100, so sue me but damnit I have some great ideas!! I wouldn't like to have a formal funeral, if there is a formal funeral I would like my casket to be dropped off to the church or funera...

There is nothing like coming home!  After a long absence, it just feels good.  If we never left, we would know how great it is to come home.I had to leave and was away for 2 weeks.  My mother called me to tell me my father was in the hospital....

What are they teaching in mortuary science classes at our universities these days? Who decided that funerals need to be entertaining? A couple of weeks ago I posted about a company that “puts the ‘fun’ in funeral” and wo...

So, here I am. It's nearly Tuesday. What an emotionally exhausting, physically exhausting day.I arrived at the hospital shortly before 11 AM. After a while, Barry and I took off for Denny's. My BS fell to 30, so I obtain...

Yankeejwb asked a question in his post today about how you would plan your funeral. Here's what I would want. Those of you who know me in "real life", make a note of it. I'll seriously come back and haunt you if it isn't...

Don's funeral is on Saturday. Dh thinks the girls are too young to attend. I am leaning that way too, though I think, they actually could handle it, especially 9 year old dd. But why put them through it? Dh has been ...

Yesterday, Lauren and I went to the visitation (wow, I can't believe that just a day ago, it's been such a long few days) and than I walked home with her (She lives just afew blocks away) and we took a walk and talked fo...

Today after work, which was, yet again, a joke, I had to accompany my family to a wake for my mom's friend's husband who died of cancer. He was a former county sheriff, so there were plenty of police officers milling abo...

For those who have been following the events of the past couple of weeks, thank you for all the kind words and wishes. Yesterday evening my father passed away. He was not in pain and quietly stopped drawing breath. My mother was with him. We are all...