The funeral really got me thinking about funerals in general. And without trying to sound disrespectful....I would just really enjoy to go to a unique funeral for once. I've been to more than I can count in my life, and honestly I'm not trying to sound rude, but they are all the same. When I die I don't want some preist or minister who didn't even know me to give a speech. I'd rather my friends and family do it. If they aren't able to speak, maybe they could write something that someone else could read. It just really sucks to be at these funerals where the ministers are even making mistakes on how many kids a person had because they just don't know.

I want my funeral to be that, MINE. I want it to look and feel like me and remind people of who I was. I know it might sound morbid writing about this....but really. I know it's a horrible time and families honestly don't have a lot of time to prepare things. But, if you're doing it, do it all the way. Find my cd's and play them. Put pictures of me and my friends/family up. Dress me in something that is ME. Make it a celebration of life. I told Dave all this, so I hope that if anything were to happen to me, that my funeral would be different.

Here's a poem that I thought I would share that was on the prayer card. It mirrors my sentiments exactly:

Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one,
I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun,
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.