Comments | gamiila: Decision time

gamiila

Decision time

Nov 11, 2009 22:30

My sister and I are having to decide on what to do with Dad's ashes. There's quite a number of options to choose from, ranging from the traditional (interment in either a grave or a wall), to the sublime (sending him up 20 kilometres in the sky in a balloon), the morbid (taking the urn home to sit on the mantlepiece) and the ridiculous (having ( Read more... )

dad, family matters, deaths

Comments 3

jonesiexxx November 11 2009, 20:35:00 UTC

You really sound like you have your head on straight - and over such a very emotional thing. No harm waiting. And much good done in comforting your sister.

enigmaticblues November 11 2009, 21:06:24 UTC

*hugs* I think you're right. If your sister feels so strongly, and you don't, and your dad probably doesn't, it's probably best to hold off.

hesadevil November 11 2009, 21:34:16 UTC

If it makes my sister feel better, then why not?
All ceremonies to do with death are for the living, so I think this is a good decision.

MWNN is in Ireland for the internment of his Ma's ashes in his Father's grave on what would have been Ma's 100th birthday. There was also a plan to retain some ashes to scatter at her favourite holiday places, but I don't know if arrangements have been made to put that into operation. He went to Ireland saying if nothing had been done, he wouldn't raise the idea and let it pass.