Similar plans here, but I do want a party/wake. I would like for it to be a good and joyful event where everybody eats and drinks and I'm remembered (hopefully) for the good I did here, and maybe the silly too, and joyful in that I'm going home and into the next stage. People need an opportunity to make peace with the idea that so-and-so won't be there and available to them any more.
Yep... Me too... Something with tailgates and a bonfire... Some of my pickin' buddies might throw together an impromptu band and play some good tunes, just like we used to do back in the day... But if that don't happen, just take the speakers out of the truck and put them on the toolbox, and play something Country.
I always wanted to be cremated, and my ashes thrown into Meadow Creek Gorge - If folks want a remembrance, all they'd need to do is go down to the river, anywhere on the river, because a little piece of me will be there somewhere... The best things in my life have that river flowing through.
But I doubt I'll get the chance. No doubt my sister will outlive me, and she'll have none of it, I am sure. I will get 3ft x 6ft in the family plot, stuffed side by each with my family.
Doesn't make for much elbow room, in my mind.
When I die, take my saddle from the wall,
Throw it on my pony, and lead him from his stall,
Put my bones upon his back, turn out faces to the west,
and we'll ride the prairies that we loved the best...
