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QotD: The Very Best

If you could be the best at anything in the world, what would you choose?

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: A mom. It's  super hard work, but it's the only thing that matters to me.

QotD: Plans for My Remains

Do you plan to be buried, cremated, cryogenically frozen or something else?
Submitted by aynge.

 Figuring out funeral arrangements is more for the living than it is for the dead. I learned this lesson the hard way, by experiencing my Grandma "let go" when she passed away. Never before have I felt something so powerful and I hope to never go through that again. I think once is enough to learn that lesson.  I used to have a hard time with funerals. I used to want to see the body, even if it was in bad shape. As morbid as that sounds,  I had to "see" the person,  just to make sure the person was dead. After my Grandma passed and I felt every ounce of life leave her body, I realized that they are gone long before we say goodbye at the funeral. I remember my Mom wanting to have my Grandma's casket lined in pink because it was her favorite color and wanting to put her in warm clothing because she was always so cold. I remember thinking my mom was a nut. Didn't she realize Grandma wasn't even in her body anymore? Grandma couldn't feel and probably didn't care anymore. I really think your body is just a shell after you pass on. What the living want to do with it, is up to them. Whatever brings them comfort and peace, go for it. So, for the record family.....do with me what you will. I'll be watching you from somewhere giving you a thumbs-up and possibly picking on you if you decide to go gung-ho on funeral arrangements. Although, I would like a viewing for those who need it and a New Orleans style procession at my burial (if you bury me) ....but I'm just sayin'.  

QotD: Best. Present. Ever.

What's the best present you've ever received?

When I turned 26 (I think?), my BFF,mama bear, made me the sweetest scrap book. She and I have been friends since we were 15, and she made a scrap book of pictures of us from age 15 up until age 26. She even put in our weddings, even though we weren't speaking that year. Sounds like a bad year to not speak, right? Well, it was but we've made peace with it. If I ever get married again, she knows she's the first one I would want in it. HAHA, well, besides a groom, perhaps!! She had high school pictures of us and we look so young, THIN and silly. She also used pictures of us when we were both pregnant with our first boys (she has 3 boys just like me!). I recently found the book when we moved to the townhouse and showed it to her when she came to visit. We had so much fun going through it and laughing all over again. It's the best present because I know she put so much work and thought into it (back before she had 100 munchkins to take care of, she had time to do that) and because it's so much fun to look back through and remember all of our great memories together. I hope when I turn 50, I'll get another one. :)