August 24, 2010
My daughter returned from the wake of her best friend’s grandmother the other night and all she said was, “I should have just sent a sympathy card and stayed home.” When I asked her why, she proceeded to tell me that she was very upset that the grandmother had been buried in a raggedy old sweater and housecoat. She could not understand how the family could have done that to her. Why didn’t they buy her a new dress if she had none? I tried to explain to her that perhaps the grandmother had wanted to be buried in her favorite sweater and everyday housecoat. I then proceeded to tell my daughter that my only request when I die is that I be buried in jeans and a t-shirt without any footwear. I want to be comfortable when I go and not be dressed up, especially in my office clothes which I had to wear my entire working life. My daughter thinks this is horrible and socially unacceptable; I should be dressed up in something nicer which is definitely not me. Why does she find this such an odd request?
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