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I told my kids that I want to be cremated, and to throw my ashes at any neighbor I'm p**ed off at the time I kick the bucket.
Otherwise, no funeral, maybe a wake with lots of good food and friends who remember me. I did have a picture of my late sister that someone took and gave to me, thinking I would be thrilled to remember her that way. Not so!!! I gave the picture a decent burial in my flower garden where my late sister had like the flowers. |
Welcome to the world of Social Networking. (Casketsm that is a bit over the top.)
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That's really weird. I tend to disagree that it's a southern custom. If so, not in my particular region! I would be so upset if someone took, much less posted anywhere, posted a postmortem photo of one of my family members.
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It sounds like she is suffering in a lot of ways that we can't understand. How sad for her.
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
I agree with the fact that many cultures and time periods have their own ways of handling deceased relatives. My husband's family really likes to photograph and video things like this. I just leave family reunions when they break out the home movies of funerals and start narrating. It gets really weird when you get copies of those things (ours are in a box in the bottom of an old antique chest).
I guess if you can hang a picture on your wall you can put it on your facebook page. We all KNOW how private those are (since you are supposed to be friended, etc. :roll: :roll: :roll: NOT). OMG that's really STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D But listen everyone, I respect the fact that people do what they do. It's just really hard to imagine being at a reunion and having those kinds of movies!!!!!!!! AAHHHHHH |
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
Originally Posted by lab fairy
I agree with the fact that many cultures and time periods have their own ways of handling deceased relatives. My husband's family really likes to photograph and video things like this. I just leave family reunions when they break out the home movies of funerals and start narrating. It gets really weird when you get copies of those things (ours are in a box in the bottom of an old antique chest).
I guess if you can hang a picture on your wall you can put it on your facebook page. We all KNOW how private those are (since you are supposed to be friended, etc. :roll: :roll: :roll: NOT). OMG that's really STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D But listen everyone, I respect the fact that people do what they do. It's just really hard to imagine being at a reunion and having those kinds of movies!!!!!!!! AAHHHHHH |
To me that is just morbid!
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Originally Posted by QuiltingHiker
Welcome to the world of Social Networking. (Casketsm that is a bit over the top.)
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My ancestors from Eastern Europe right down to my mom took photos of loved ones in caskets. When going through passed-down items, I was appalled and got rid of them immediately...ugh! :-( Can't speak re Facebook...don't use it or any of the other similar sites...waste of time when I'd rather be quilting!
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I do genealogy and my gr-grandmother, in Minnesota, had a casket photo in an album from the late 1800's of her beautiful little sister who died at about age 9. I was thrilled to see it, but today's posting of everything on FB is ridiculous.
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