by Bonnie Meridieth

Created on: October 16, 2009   Last Updated: October 28, 2009

I wasn't planning on dying today. Great. Whose idea was THIS? I sure hope they can figure out what to do with me based on my personality. Oh, man, I hope they don't do that whole doom and gloom thing. Surely they wouldn't. They know I'd rather have everybody have one last laugh about me, Lord knows they have enough material, (after that, I get to haunt them). I want my family to feel touched by what people think of me, and not be sad. We'll have time to reflect together individually later. I wish I would have planned this out earlier, like five minutes ago or something.

Odds have it, if your family does not know your wishes about what to do with you when you die, then they will be trying to make these decisions for you while they are in the ultimate state of shock and depression. It doesn't matter if your family knew it was coming for a long time, or it happened on your way home from work. They are not going to be in any condition to be making the types of decisions that you may have wanted. In my case, what I want, is so unusual, if I hadn't expressed my wishes to my family, they never would have thought about what I want in a million years.

Forget the burial thing. It would only give me something to roll over in, (I know my family). Then there's the cremation thing. Much less expensive, I could be scattered at a favorite spot, or kept home with my family. Interesting, but still not for me . Helping people is my thing, and my final opportunity will be in death.

This part is not for the squeamish, so turn your head for just a second. First I want my organs donated. OK, now you can look again. Then, I want the rest of my body donated to a medical school. I feel if my body could help find a cure for something, or teach a medical student how the foot bone's connected to the leg bone, I figure I'm doing more good than lying somewhere or scattered to the wind.

I feel it's very important for family members to have a place to go to just sit and remember. A place that maybe they feel they can still make some sort of connection. Being able to mourn, celebrate life, remember, be together in spirit, or just try and figure out their own life is something most people need.

I'd like a park bench donated to my favorite park, with wooden crates to plant flowers in on each side of it. I wonder if I insist only purple flowers be planted, if they would do that? Probably not, but that brings me to another opinion of mine. One of the reasons it's so important to discuss what you

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