None of us have ever gotten along with our mother. My sisters live in Arizona and Nevada and I'm our mother's sole caregiver here in Wisconsin.
Mother wants her body donated to a university medical school after her death and has made the necessary arrangements and filled out the proper paperwork. She has no friends where she currently lives (she writes to two or three that are in other states).
When she finally passes, would it be ok not to have a funeral or any kind of ceremony? Mother has not said anything about this...just that she wants her body donated and I'm supposed to MAKE SURE that it happens after she's gone.
I would carefully read the donation agreement to see just how the medical school deals with the remains. Also read to see if they can decline the donation if they have too many of your mom's category.
my mother died recently and i miss her fiercly but hymns and prayers wont bring her back. i left that to all the frauds who havent visited her in the last 6 years.
At this moment, she has 4 living brothers and sisters, but they are all near her age. Who knows if they 'll be around when she dies. She wasn't close to any of the nieces/nephews. Any old friends and her previous husbands have all passed away.
I am an only child with one grown son. Since it probably would just be the 2 of us, it doesn't make sense to have a service. My mother was not religious/spiritual, so it seems hypocritical to have anything dealing with a church.
A person doesn't have to have a service or gathering as their "final goodbye". People will remember them, (or not), as they were influenced by the departed. If the family just can't cope with not having a gathering, I'm sure the deceased won't really care, once they're gone.
Wow! What a scathing obituary for Marianne. But, if it was true what they wrote about her, then she deserved it and more. Too bad the kids had to suffer at her hand. Now she might be getting her just "reward".
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