My aged companion, Crisp, loved a good cemetery, or should I say any cemetery so long as it was old which in fact meant any place for the dead. On our holiday we came across many such places, to which Crisp would always say: “There are so many, people must have been dying to get into them.”
On this day we were standing in the resting place known as St Pagan’s Home for the Deceased and she was admiring the ornate headstones.
“People went to a lot of trouble didn’t they,” she said, “to remember their loved ones.”
I asked her if she wanted to be buried or cremated and she said it didn’t matter, what did matter was that someone remembered her.
I said I was sure her kids would.
Crisp thought for a moment and said: “It would be nice wouldn’t it, to think they remembered you.”
Written for: https://crispinakemp.com/2020/02/05/crimsons-creative-challenge-65/
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It would be nice, but would it matter to the one who is dead?
No that’s true 😀
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I love that line… people must have been dying to get into here. 🙂
On this occasion, at least two of my ancestors died to get in here. No grave markers (money was tight, not to be wasted on that) but they are recorded in the parish register.
Yes there places here where people have been buried without any markets, my great uncle being one.
I think it was more common in ages past. Perhaps they were marked with a small wooden cross… which just haven’t survived. Also (as my daughter tells me) headstones as we know them are very much a Victorian fashion.
In the case of my great uncle he was what we called a hobo so he got a paupers funeral
I’m not sure that applies to mine, though for the most part, on that side of the family, they were farm workers.
I’m with Crisp. I don’t care what my family do with my body when I’m dead. Bury me in a cardboard box, take me out and dump me at sea… only my shell will be there anyway. 🙂
P/S My total knee replacement surgery has been brought forward six months and will now happen on 20th Feb. Now I just have to stay healthy for the next two weeks 😀
Wow knee replacement is a great thing Lyn I hope all goes well and you’ll be running around like a 2 yr old before long.
LOL if I can throw away my walking stick and walk without pain I’ll be as happy as a 2 year old 😀
Nice. I think children, friends, relatives always remember whether you are good or bad. Maybe occasionally.
Thanks so much Indira.
Welcome, dear.
You just never realize the impression you have made on others, even your children I guess, until it is to late to realize anything at all….