I work part time at a funeral home as a caretaker so I keep up with the obituaries for that home. The last 9 people we had services for were all younger than me. Not worried about it at all. Had a good long life and still feeling good if a bit creaky. I have a sticker on my car window in latin Dum vivmus, vivamus" which means While we live let us live.
The grim reaper is coming
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Been a rough couple days. I lost 2 friends in the last 48 hours.
Just found out that another one died 4 months back. I do not know how I missed the one that died months back, my father was a undertaker and I always read the death notices (3 papers) and some obits.
Cella Vie!
What a day of rejoicing it will be!
I decided it was time to retire when I was writing sudden death reports for people 3-4 years younger than I was.
At my last high school reunion it turned out that 1 out of every 7 of my classmates were already dead. And that's just the ones we knew about.
With all my health issues on paper I probably look like a wreck, but I seem to keep chugging along and my medical providers are happy with me.
With all my health issues on paper I probably look like a wreck, but I seem to keep chugging along and my medical providers are happy with me.
Ματθιας;142058530 said:
Where’s Jools Holland when we need him?
Alk8944
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This is one of the times I wish that we could post a multitude of "likes".
One day all that don't understand Rusty's sentiment will come to know the truth of it.
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A day full of surprise for sure.
One of my favorite quotes: Get busy living or get busy dying.
31FordA
Member
As the sign on my desk at work says: “Don’t take life too seriously, none of us are getting out alive”.
Our local newspaper comes once a week. I read the frontpage then read the obits, just to make sure my name is nor there. Just kidding. I read the whole paper in 15 minutes
Sorry but this is one topic that we have to agree to disagree about. At 79 I have lost many family members and friends that were co-workers or that I knew through shared interests and activities. There is absolutely nothing about death to rejoice about. Rejoice that you are still here.
The rules forbid me (and rightfully so) from proselytizing.
Suffice it to say that my hope is not in and of this world but in the promise I was given.
charlie sherrill
SWCA Member
I've always gotten doctors, life insurance agents, and a funeral director, and a preacher younger than me in the hopes they will take care of me and my family when it's time for my dirt nap. They're all gone and now I gotta start over or let my kids and grand kids take care of things. I do need to re-do my will because a couple of people I was going to leave some personal things to have already checked out ahead of me. One of them was personal friend and fellow Forum member Leland Ray. Covid got him four years ago. We had each agreed to leave the survivor some nice S&W's. I got mine, and still have them, but he wasn't able to enjoy me predeceasing him. Anyway, I don't owe anybody anything, my pre-planning at the local funeral home is still good, even though they're gonna have to use another embalmer, and my kids know who is gonna get what. I'm not scared of death because Jesus told me not to be.
I am strange. I read the obits on Wednesdays and Sundays in our paper and count how many are younger then me...
Haven't seen my name yet.
Haven't seen my name yet.
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robvious
Member
I have already died once, it's overrated... I am ready whenever it happens... I won't be searching for it, but no need to run. this attitude bothers my wife, but she hasn't been thru what I have been thru.. and for the record, I am younger than most here... still in my 50's... it really can happen at any time, so enjoy life, have a drink with a friend, hug a relative, share a meal, feed a stranger, a fun one is buy dessert for someone you don't know anonymously... makes your day and theirs... have fun.. and yes, what a celebration of life it will be...
