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To become immortal

Wouldn't that be nice!

I was thinking of the treatement like MJ ............


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195750/Michael-Jackson-set-plastinated-missing-deadline-cryogenic-freezing.html

I've always wanted to be cremated and have my ashes scattered. Where my final choice for them to be scattered will be is going to be determined by where I live then.

When I was younger, it was in the Atlantic Ocean, off of the rocks I used to meditate on. Now it would be along the same trail where I scattered my late husband's ashes. If I relocate in the distant future, then I'll probably have a favorite place there. Or have my sons choose a place that is near them.

Within the past few months I made the decision to be cremated. It wasn't easy because all of my immediate family, and my husband are buried in the ground, so I am used to that kind of thinking.

My daughter doesn't believe in being attached to a gravesite so to make it easier for her, so she wouldn't have guilts if she didn't go to my grave, I decided to be cremated.

I just don't like the idea of spending a lot of money on a casket and then burning it up Might just as well put me in a cheap pine box and burn that but I guess there has to be a casket if I'm in a funeral home.

Funny you should ask!
I was at the funeral home Tuesday for my exmother-in-law's funeral and got a brochure. Even the guys name I need to speak with about cremation and the rest of the details........

If it were up to me,I'd want to be cremated.
But,where I live,we dont have the option.
Either way,I'll be at peace.

Cremation is the choice I've made -- and told my son - the cheaper the better! In a 1000 years, no one will even remember my name - let alone visit my grave!

cremation, cheaper, services to be held at my home, then bury the urn under the big cedar tree next to my dogs, people don't visit cemeteries like they used to, and family visit family so if they want to see me then they can stop by when they visit my daughter, she lives next to me, might set up a bar so they can have a drink with me

Ive thought about donating my body to science. No funeral, just a get together for my friends and family to get drunk and party in my memory.

Thought about that too...they'd probably reject my old, tired, ugly body... but on a serious note - a friend's mom did that - when they are done with it - they cremate it and return it to the family - still have to deal with the remains.

http://www.ecopod.co.uk/

its cheap and evironmental friendly...

no wonder its an irish invention.

I don't even want them to go to the expense of an urn. Just scatter me from the box, then throw it away...or put it in the recycling bin if there's cardboard recycling available.

I'm with Charli...in a couple of generations, nobody will visit my grave anyway. And it's just the remains of the body I've left behind. I'm not there anymore. I just don't believe in being buried.

Actually they are always in need of bodys for medical schools and such. My uncle did that, he was 86 I think. Its all done very tastfully. Nobody would have to pay for a funeral, and after Im dead, I dont care where my body goes. I will be done using it.

Last month we visited the gravesite where our great great great great grandparents are buried.

I believe 5 to 6 generations of my family lay there.

It left a great impression on me.

Oh great -- all these hot young doctor wannabes pull back the sheet and see my body -- keel over laffin!

i have already made a small wooden casket for the occasion thus no expense and i have a cedar headstone with all but the date my boy can add that, my one dog has been gone 10 years and his headstone made from cedar has weathered and looks like marble only a dull color,

There is no cost to anyone, and there are no remains. Check with your State Registry. Your organs, skin, and bone can be donated and the rest of your body can be donated to medical schools.

All this happens if you make the donation of your remains as part of your will, and register with your state.

I've told my family what my wishes are - Send me flowers while I'm alive Love me now, and do not miss me when I'm gone

I do not want to be buried or burned - it costs too much!!

I had a memorial service for my husband after he was cremated. I just used a nice towel (I felt a scarf was too feminine) with a leaf design to cover the box, and put our wedding bands on top of it. I held it in the back room of the VFW because I felt that was more true to him and his wishes, though we didn't get to discuss it. That would be enough for me, as well. A simple memorial service in the woods, with just something nice covering the box of ashes would be more in tune with who I am than some formal viewing in a funeral home.

I believe that if you're planning on being cremated, but the family (or you) prefer to have a viewing at a funeral home first, that they rent a casket for it, then send you for cremation. A memorial service in the funeral home with just pictures from your life can also be done, and is common in my area.

One thing I knew was that Gene did not want a viewing because of what the cancer had done to him. He'd lost so much weight, and had the damage from the tumor on his neck, and he really didn't want to be remembered like that. That part he had told me, and I understood and respected it.