Originally Posted by oldlady 77
I have told the quilt group that when I go to my "great reward" they are to buy a large bottle of champagne and come and toast me and say nice things and then take it all home and love/use/donate the stash and tools. My daughter is included in the process of sharing. She has her own stash and we think a party is the way to go.
I couldn't agree more! Before my DH passed last summer, he gave instructions that we weren't to mope around feeling sad, or spend a lot of money on a funeral. "Give (my stuff, or the $$ you would have spent) to (or do something nice for) a friend, a stranger, a kid down the street....just don't let it go to waste, and don't just keep it around for sentimental reasons unless you are going to really enjoy it or use it." Still have some of his 'stash' (tools, hunting equipment, etc) around but most has been given away to friends with the same interests, or donated. We will have the party this spring, outside where he loved to be.