Some things you NEVER want to think about your parents doing.
Posted on: 2005-04-30 14:40:03, by talam

That is right, dying. I have spent most of the last few days with the folks...or since they have jobs and I have a messed up sleep schedule, at the house they live in. Anyways, the second night I was there, we went out to eat and afterward, we went to the cemetary. Yes, that is right, the cemetary, because that is about as exciting as it gets in my hometown. They wanted to show me their tombstone (pics: front, back). In preperation for the end of their lives, they have already purchased a lot and a stone. The family, this past 4th of July, collected money among the family to put a new Strange family stone (for the uninitiated, mom is a Strange...yes, that means I am half-Strange...)...(pics: front, back). I told them I would toss the pics up so that any family member that visits can see, but it is still wierd to think that one day my parents won't be around anymore.

it's better than...
Posted: 2005-04-30 15:09:05, by Lushbaugh

it's better than the other thing you don't want to think about them doing ;)

hehe
Posted: 2005-04-30 16:18:11, by Katie

I was thinking the same thing as Lushbaugh when I read the title. That's a nifty script they have for Doyle though.

Odd
Posted: 2005-04-30 20:38:43, by Greg

Perhaps when Im older my opinion will change but for no I am firmly against having a headstone with my name on it in place before I'm dead. It would actually sort of freak me out if my name were on one at all like yours is on the back of theirs.

Uh...
Posted: 2005-04-30 23:50:01, by TheBackofMyMind

I just don't know what to say. I was thinking along the same line as Lushbaugh and Katie. :p

Morbidity at It's best
Posted: 2005-05-01 02:42:35, by Jamie

Yeah, I know what you mean. The last time I went home to visit my parents, my mom asked me if I would take care of their dog if they died. I'm thinking, "You're not planning on doing this anytime soon, right?" But your parents, my friend, take the cake with morbidity. *shudder*

(Not) looking forward to the 31st of May
Posted: 2005-05-01 11:18:52, by Miller

That's the day we're putting the small box of ashes that is my mom in the ground up in New Market, IN. Not a fun thing to think about, but true all the same. I've been thinking about death and the void since as early as I can remember, and honestly, I think that has made it easier. So we send out little messages, little time capsules into space, and hope that someone hears our existential voyagers' cry.