Thursday, April 27, 2017

When Death Comes to Visit

Death affects everyone very differently. Some people are sad when their loved one dies and grieve for them. Others look at it as a celebration of their loved one's life. Others look at it as an opportunity to bring the family together?

Some people don't think that Death has a sense of humor but just like life is hysterically funny. So can the things surrounding death. One funeral I attended, the man was supposed to retire and be able to finally take a vacation with his wife. The day before his vacation, he suffered a massive heart attack. His wife out of love and respect for him put on his favorite Vikings hat in the casket with him. It made him more human and more real. It also showed a side of him that made you laugh. It lightened up a very serious moment in his life.

Another person suffered a heart attack and was in his thirties. Funeral expenses can be very pricey. In this case, his wife decided to lighten the moment the way her husband would have wanted. He wasn't overly religious. She had him cremated because that's all they could afford. Instead of sticking him in a stuffy Urn. She decided to put him in his favorite mug and put the top on it. His ashes just barely fit.

This death next death will go down as the game of keep away with a dead body. People who have played the game keep away might get this. This poor man had been living with his girl friend for a very long time. He went into the hospital and went into a coma.

The girl friend fearing for her boy friend asked his family members to please come visit him. While they were visiting him off and on, he would come in and out of the coma.  Well eventually he died. His girl friend paid to have him cremated. Well in between this time, his family members had decided that the girl friend wasn't really family and she shouldn't have a right to keep the ashes.

They called the place that had the ashes and they came and picked up the ashes before the girl friend arrived. They also decided that they would sprinkle the ashes in a National Park because they wanted him to be surrounded by a nice scenery. The effort they put into this to get the body and keep it away from his grieving girl friend was crazy.

Death will bring out the true feeling of people. It will bring out the crazy for certain. It brings out the hypocrites, who point their finger and tell other people how to act when they don't want to be inconvenienced.

Penny J (MN, USA)

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