You are doing a disservice to your children, siblings, family or anyone you choose to settle your funeral arrangements if you do not make the arrangements and pay for them in advance yourself. My father died with no arrangements. What a disaster on trying to figure out what he would have wanted. We immediately took my mother to the funeral home and while there, we wrote a check to cover our expenses on what we wanted upon our demise. A gift to our children. We were in our late 40’s. That was 30 years ago and what we paid in comparison to todays costs… well, any unearned interest on that money is totally insignificant. When I woke up here one morning and found my very healthy young husband dead…. My son made one phone call and I never had to worry about anything. What a comfort to know that our ashes will be commingled upon my death, they will be placed in a niche we chose inside a beautiful air conditioned chapel with a window view overlooking the gardens. Some may think it is a pipe dream, but, until you face that moment, you will never know what comfort there is in knowing what will take place and that you have provided your final gift to those you leave behind.
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