Grave plots are property. When cemeteries become full, that property’s value can skyrocket. Supply and demand. And when you’re hurting for money, and your grandmother’s remains are buried in said property, YOU DON’T SELLOUT GRANDMA! That is, unless you’re the guy who just dug up grandma so he could sell her grave. A Darwin, Australia […]
This is it. The casket lid begins to quietly close Your insides open and yell. Your memories are now all you have. There will be nothing new. Your last look, your last touch The beginning of your tears. This is it. Beliefs attempt to comfort You cling to thoughts of a future hope You will […]
I remember the first time I used the brown, one foot wide by two feet long, wood, velvet lined box. No need for the pomp of a hearse. I used my own car to drive to the hospital. It looks like an inconspicuous tool box, with dings and dents and stains. No one knows what I’m […]
Two brothers are discussing the details of their father’s funeral. The first one is trying to arrange everything himself, because he knows that the other one is pretty dim and sure to mess something up in some way. The dim brother insists that he won’t. Finally the first brother relents and gives him a small […]
There’s a wonderful end of life charity that’s working in the Netherlands called, “Ambulance Wish Foundation.” There’s over 200 volunteers that work with a fleet of ambulances who take terminal patients on one final trip to the destination of their choice. Their Twitter feed is absolutely fabulous. Here’s a couple pictures that I screen captured from […]