R. I. P.

Will you Rest In Peace?

There are several choices in how one can spend eternity after they die:

1) Mausoleum buried in an above ground tomb surrounded my others (indoors)

2) Traditional buried 6 feet underground

3) Cremation

4) In an above ground cement casket outdoors (seen in Greece)

Recently I've been bombarded with marketing materials for a cemetery nearby my home. Once a week for the last couple of months I receive this brochure in the mail telling me of this special offer for a cemetery plot 50% discount. Now seriously who doesn't like a deal??? They have a plot with a nice babbling brook under a shade tree....ON SALE......

So, I start thinking, why do they keep sending me this literature? Do they know something I don't? What if the babbling brook overflows in a heavy rain and my casket starts to swim downstream? What if when everything dries out and they put me back in my spot they put me in the wrong spot? Now my headstone says Carol Crimshaw instead of Sands88......now I have people visiting me placing flowers on my grave because they think I'm Carol Crimshaw.....

Not sure if I want to invest in a grave there. What if I move? What if I get married again and she already has accommodations for two at her location? I don't want to have cemetery plots all over the country or world for that matter. I would start to feel like a male whore, sleeping all around......

I liked the one in Greece, I believe it was on the Island Crete. They had about 25 concrete caskets on the side of a church and over each casket they had like an enclosed bookshelf for their special memorabilia there were eye glasses, jewelry, coffee cups, books and other types of artifacts that the deceased person felt were special. I was thinking that I would have my IPhone along with my tablet, and a universal remote control in my little bookcase.....and my favorite cufflinks ( I like cufflink shirts).

My parents and sister are deceased and they were all cremated with their ashes spread over the same lake. But, what if I'm not a good swimmer, I could drown. Or just have my ashes blown in the wind like a song by Kansas called Dust in the Wind....

For those that like planning ahead, what would be your selection?????