My Grandmother-in-law, one of the most wonderful women I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, sadly passed away on the 9th. At the funeral parlour I was gobsmacked at the size, shape, colour of the coffins available. Some looked like space ships, others so extravagant that I nearly wet myself when the price was mentioned. So much beautiful gold and and timber being burnt or buried? My father-in-law settled for a solid blackwood number that was less ostentatious than the other vessels I viewed.
Upon returning home I Googled how to build your own coffin.
And to that end I have resolved at the ripe old age of 47 to build my own plywood number which will ultimately be flamed with high temperature gas. My ashes will then be buried in the compost because it is my wish that I put back a small amount of myself for which I have taken from the earth over my lifetime.
Anyone else have the same thoughts?