I Hope My Obituary Goes a Little Better Than This
This is from the Vallejo Times Herald:
Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. ....Wow.
Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing.
Her family will remember Dolores and amongst ourselves we will remember her in our own way, which were mostly sad and troubling times throughout the years. We may have some fond memories of her and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a good and kind mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. I hope she is finally at peace with herself. As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a family again.
There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for the family she spent a lifetime tearing apart. We cannot come together in the end to see to it that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren can say their goodbyes. So I say here for all of us, GOOD BYE, MOM.
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MarineGunrockYour local paper?
lucky760No, actually it's from Vallejo which is near San Francisco. Just heard Teresa Strasser reading it on Adam Carolla's radio show (which can be streamed live or podcast at http://adamcarolla.com if anyone's looking for something to help pass the time).
gorgonheapI want my obituary to contain the phrases 'chewing gum', 'international crisis', and 'The frozen body of Joseph Stalin'. All in the same paragraph.
gwiz665^I'm contemplating writing you an obituary that incorporates just that... would be awesome. Sad thing about obituaries is that you'd probably be dead, so you can't enjoy it! I want a George Carlin-esque obit, myself:
"Today a man was found hanging in his garage. His suicide note said the following: 'Hello. If you're reading this, I'm out in the garage. I'm the dead body hanging from the rafter. You people drove me to this. Fuck you. You'll notice all your favorite things are lying directly beneath my body and that I'm not wearing pants. You'll no doubt notice the very empty pot of beans in the kitchen too... happy spring cleaning."
That would be a grand legacy.
gwiz665Can I put a *dark on this, btw? Seems pretty freaking dark.
swampgirlI want my funeral here and you guys to write my obituary. I'll let you know if I die.
NordlichReiter>> ^swampgirl:
I want my funeral here and you guys to write my obituary. I'll let you know if I die.
That doesnt compute... something is out of order in the universe here.
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