forgive me ..if this post is a little morbit..but maybe i am a odd fish i routinely read the obituaries in the paper.
Its sort of the last word...and while none of us have control..of what is said of us after are demize..i hope mine says.
He was a coastie..spent much of his life underway..He loved his family and friends and pelicans (yes pelicans i really like pelicans)and tried not too hurt or hate anyone.
Here lays a husband, father, and grandfather who loved his family; served his country with honor; who was often hard but always fair; hated few and seldom; loved many and often; and wanted Best Wishes for All.
Best Wishes Of course I hope not to have a tomestone any time soon if at all!
As my ashes will be scattered to the four winds over the deep blue sea, I won't be needing a tombstone, thank you.
I also intend to be cremated, but maybe a tombstone would be handy. An eternal comment to those that pass by....maybe something simple like "I told you so!"