So...I was born; I blinked; and it was over.

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When she found out she was dying this woman wrote her own obit. It's too long to paste, sorry. link

EMILY DEBRAYDA PHILLIPS' FULL OBITUARY

It pains me to admit it, but apparently, I have passed away. Everyone told me it would happen one day but that's simply not something I wanted to hear, much less experience. Once again I didn't get things my way! That's been the story of my life all my life.

And while on that subject (the story of my life)... on February 9, 1946 my parents and older sister celebrated my birth and I was introduced to all as Emily DeBrayda Fisher, the daughter of Clyde and Mary Fisher from Hazelwood. I can't believe that happened in the first half of the last century but there are records on file in the Court House which can corroborate this claim. Just two years later when another baby girl was born, I became known as the middle sister of the infamous three Fisher Girls, and the world was changed forever.

As a child I walked to the old Hazelwood Elementary School where teachers like Mrs. McCracken, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Moody planted the seed that eventually led me to becoming a teacher. I proudly started my teaching career at that same elementary school in January 1968, and from there I went on to teach young children in the neighboring states of Virginia, Georgia, as well as Florida where I retired after 25 years.

So many things in my life seemed of little significance at the time they happened but then took on a greater importance as I got older. The memories I'm taking with me now are so precious and have more value than all the gold and silver in my jewelry box.

[steph08]

Ain't that the truth.

We watched Interstellar the other night, and two quotes stuck out to DH and I, because we have a 9-month-old and it changes the way you look at life.

"Now we're just here to be memories for our kids."

"Once you're a parent, you're the ghost of your children's future."

[toomuchreality]

I wouldn't know what to say, if I were to write my own obituary.

Would you write your own obituary (do you ever think about writing your own, seriously)?

[billisonboard]

[Tennesseer]

"So...I was born; I blinked; and it was over."

She got that right. But try explaining that to a young person.

[toomuchreality]

Time seemed to just drag on and on, when I was young. I guess that's one of the truest signs of getting old, when time goes by so/too quickly. That and the ability to order from the senior menu!

[toomuchreality]

Apr 12, 2015 16:42:39 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

    I wouldn't know what to say, if I were to write my own obituary.

I've thought about it from time to time.  Or at least writing a letter to my kids, I think about that a lot.  It's basically my own insecurity that I haven't done a good job teaching them what's important in life.  I want to be able to cram it all into a letter.  All those little bits of wisdom and observations about life that I feel like I haven't articulated to them well enough at this point.  By comparison my own obit would be easy.  A couple lines.

To those I loved,


May the rest of your days be blessed, and I hope my better qualities outweigh my flaws when you remember me.  Many of you made my life more meaningful, joyous, and richer through your actions, wisdom, and guidance on matters both great and small.  I appreciated all of it, even the seemingly inconsequential things that you might not even remember.  I probably should have thanked you in person while I was still alive, but please accept that thanks now.  I appreciated the joy you brought to me during my whole life, and hopefully I was able to give you some to remember me by for the rest of yours.


RIP,

Me

See, simple.

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Nice.
In my opinion, that's one of the things that makes it nice... It's articulate and concise.


I like the idea of writing a note or a letter. I've never thought about it, so don't know that I will. But I like the idea of it, much more than writing my own obit.


Well done, dark.

[TheOtherMe]

I have tinkered with writing my own obituary since I've never married and only I know some things I want in it.  Those things are with the funeral home where I have my pre-paid burial plan.