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Simple Mind: No Tombstone For Me

Those who know me, know that I don't plan on being buried in a cemetery... that I will be cremated and blown to the wind.I have gone to the cemetery and put the flowers on the grave, like most. Usually the King and I do it the weekend before Memorial Day. He puts flowers on his parents grave and I put some on my husband who passed away in 1986, which is close by.  So I do know the routine.But in this day and age, your kids are spread across the land. And I don't find it fair to make them feel like they have to either feel guilty because  they don't come to the grave and place flowers, or have to do so. So there won't be a tombstone in a cemetery for me.  What I have chose is a bench in a park... for everyone to sit and view the beautiful scene, that I so enjoy now./From A Simple Mind. More here. (City of Coeur d'Alene photo: angel tombstone at Forest Cemetery)

Question: Do you plan on having a tombstone?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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