Personal Narrative: Requesting A Living Funeral

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If I were to find myself to be dying suddenly, and request a living funeral, I would probably want it to affirm myself before dying. Dying is likely a lonely experience because only you know the feeling of inevitable dread; the sinking feeling of knowing your life is slipping away. It is just nice to know that people love you, and will miss you when you’re gone; regardless of whether someone is dying or not, you should let them know that you love them, but it’s not as common to do, in our society. At the “funeral”, I wouldn’t want it to be depressive or glum, I would want it to be fun like a party, I would have extravagant foods and circus performers, (who cares if I can’t afford them, I’ll be dead!) and hypothetically midgets to perform rituals …show more content…

I would hope to learn from her, whether she enjoyed living a portion of her life with me. Whether or not she thought it to be a worthwhile venture. I think it would also be comforting to hear her recount our experiences together. Regardless of the amount of time we’ve spent together, I would only hope that I have made that time with her matter and that in some way, I’ve made her happy. I think that’s all I would ever want to hear from …show more content…

I know she loves me, she has dedicated up a majority of her life to raising me. My only job in this situation, even as I am dying, is to make it easier for her. It is hard to die, I know for a fact that it can be even harder to actually watch someone die. I would just want her to gain peace in being able to talk to me about these things before I die, death is not a comfortable subject for her. I would like her to come to terms with it; and if I had to be dying for that to happen, I would be fine with that.

I would definitely invite my brother, Hunter. He is my only sibling who I am genuinely close to, as we’re close in age, as well. I grew up with him essentially. I don’t think I would need him to recount our childhood or anything, I would probably just desire that he gets everything off of his chest, in similar nature to my mom. I think, as they’re my full family, they would have a lot of grief to unload, which I think they deserve the opportunity to do so before I

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