July 31, 2011
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spreading my brother's ashes. . .
Today my parents and I drove up to Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. We had a "summer place" there when my brother and I were kids and we'd spend every weekend there. We spread my brother's ashes in the sandpit and the lake.
That's at the sandpit. When we were just kids we'd play there all day just climbing and digging and goofing off. When we got older, teen years, we'd sneak down there at night with the other teens (a little bit older than us) and party. That's where we had our first beers, lol. We had a lot of good times at our lake place, so my parents and I agreed it would be the best place to spread his ashes. I climbed up the sandpit to spread the ashes while my parents waited at the bottom. That sandpit was a lot easier to climb when I was a kid. :P Not much had changed, just the people, but everything seemed a lot smaller than when I was a kid. It brought back a flood of memories. I remembered to inform my parents that I had rewritten my healthcare directive and last wishes - my mom wasn't comfortable with me donating my body to plastination so I decided that until my parents are gone I would remove that donation. However, I am still willing my entire body to science, so if something happens to me before my parents I wanted to let them know that there wouldn't be any ashes to spread. My mom is fine with me donating my whole body to science, she knows what a science geek I am, she just wasn't comfortable with my body being plastinated and on display.
Anyway, I went out with my neighbor Friday night. She wanted to take me out to celebrate my new home/move. She's my parents age, so we ended up going to the N. St. Paul Legion. Well, one good thing about being the youngest girl in the bar - free drinks all night long, lol. Tomorrow is my mom's retirement party and my parents anniversary, so we're doing dinner at Outback and a small party afterwards. August 13/14 I finish moving in to my new place, and we celebrate my mom's birthday and my parent's going away party. August 17 my parents leave for Florida permanently and I get started on decorating my new house to my style. I am predicting a period of depression after that, but since I'm only moving 3.5 miles maybe my neighbor will take me out for free drinks again to cheer me up. :)
For my brother
Comments (3)
that was very touching
Stay strong, Melissa. You have a lovely family and a good network, if small.
Ah man, that's sad.
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