Following recent deaths of two of our dogs and the associated decisions, I was discussing with my mother how converse my thinking was; I couldn't bear to think of the dogs buried, outside and alone in the cold, dark and rain. Yet I would like to be buried; in life I struggle constantly with tiredness, I enjoy sleep and so I think of a lovely big long sleep I will eventually have in a cosy comfy casket.I want to be buried on our property (apparently you can do that on land over a certain size), but the casket has to be rectangular, not tapering in at the leg part - I want to be able to starfish a little in my long sleep.
My preference would actually be a sea-burial as I love being underwater, but I have a vague idea that that option is not available to ordinary people, so will have to be buried on land.
Mum can't bear to think of being worm food and insists on being cremated. I wanted to turn her into a diamond so she could be with me forever, but as I am an only child with no children of my own, she is worried about what would happen to "her" when I die. I told her I would swallow her on my deathbed :^O, but she wasn't convinced; I am to scatter her in the ocean, so she can visit all the exotic places she didn't get to in life.
The conversation was tongue-in-cheek, not morbid, but I was interested in seeing what other people want done with their mortal remains when they finally shuffle off this mortal coil, and why.
