Funerals

[openbook1]

Hmmm. Definitely cremated over being buried. And it would be a humanist funeral, I am a complete atheist, lol. People would wear bright colours and there would be my favourite songs playing. Being sent off in a firework sounds nice. Would also like to be scattered back home in the UK, where I live now, and a little bit in San Diego (my fav place in the world).
My grandad got buried, his family had bought plots of land. Well, no one visits his grave apart from my uncle and his sisters occasionally. My gran won't... I am not sure why denial perhaps? And my mum doesn't as she wants to "remember him alive." It breaks my heart to think of tbh. I don't live in the UK but always make a point of visiting it when I am home.

 

[FlabbyWoofWoof]

I said to my husband that I don’t want a funeral, I just want him and our son to take my ashes to the beach, and play some of my favourite songs while watching the waves roll in for a while. That’ll do me. I’m not sure what I’d want them to do with my ashes. I don’t want to be stuck in a grim crematorium. I think I’d like them to hang on to them in an urn until my husband goes and then we can be scattered somewhere beautiful together. I don’t want to be apart from him.

 

[Mrspowell]

Having lost someone recently who was cremated I hate not having somewhere to go, to be with them. To sit talk think etc. I want to be buried. I like the thought of eventually returning to and becoming the earth. Full circle. And I’d like my family to have somewhere they can come and be with me. I suspect we have more cremations as burials are so expensive? I found my loved one being cremated very upsetting. However my step mum buried her mum and said it was the most awful thing watching her be lowered into the ground. Suppose there’s no completely nice way to go is there.

 

[GiftedNotFree]

Having lost someone recently who was cremated I hate not having somewhere to go, to be with them. To sit talk think etc. I want to be buried. I like the thought of eventually returning to and becoming the earth. Full circle. And I’d like my family to have somewhere they can come and be with me. I suspect we have more cremations as burials are so expensive? I found my loved one being cremated very upsetting. However my step mum buried her mum and said it was the most awful thing watching her be lowered into the ground. Suppose there’s no completely nice way to go is there.

It is really hard watching a coffin go into the ground. It felt like a sense of doom to me. It felt like they were so close yet so far. Also feels like you need to go there to be close to them rather than them just being everywhere. To me, anyway. I think death is so personal; everyone has different feelings about it.

 

[Mrspowell]

It is really hard watching a coffin go into the ground. It felt like a sense of doom to me. It felt like they were so close yet so far. Also feels like you need to go there to be close to them rather than them just being everywhere. To me, anyway. I think death is so personal; everyone has different feelings about it.

Actually totally see this point too. Having watched that video of cremation above it’s actually made me think it’s not so bad after all. Maybe I’ll just leave my body to medical science so I don’t have to think about it!

 

[Carmen 6]

I really love the woodland burial option.
It's like continuing as a tree.