My 92 year old mother died Sunday, October 24, and we had her funeral today. But this was not a sad occasion as so many funerals are. It was a celebration. Not that she died. There were tears shed and she will be missed very much. But rather, it was a celebration of her life and the reward she has already received and is now living!! She lived such a good, long life, she affected many, many people always in a positive way. I am so proud to have a mom such as her.
And she did something very, very special for my wife and me, her only child. She had told us many times and made sure we knew where she had written detailed instructions for her funeral. And she had updated it several times. She had given my wife a special dress she liked and asked that she be buried in it. She had suggestions for her casket, color schemes, a list of pall bearers--complete instructions for her funeral. And my dad had bought four burial plots and two vaults several years before his death over 31 years ago, so even part of the expenses were taken care of. I had glanced over her arrangements before, but not in detail. A few hours after her death, I went for her instructions. If you have not had someone help you with the planning of their funeral the way my mother did, you do not know how much of a help it was. So, now my wife and I have gotten the forms from her funeral director to fill out to help each other and our children when it comes time to have our funerals. And after seeing what the funeral costs are and what the burial plots cost my dad many years ago, we are going to pay for as much as we can at today's prices for our funerals and save our kids and their inheritance the cost of our funerals whenever that may be.
Just thought I'd throw this out and maybe give others an idea on how helpful this is.
