Have you given any thought to what you want to be wearing for everybody’s last sight of you? Most of the time, the deceased is all dressed up, you know.
The thing is, not everybody is best known for being all dressed up. I know I’m not.
If you have any strong ideas about what you’d like to be wearing for that last public appearance, make sure you make those preferences known to your family and to the funeral home. Otherwise, gentlemen, you’ll be wearing that three-piece suit you’ve always hated, and ladies, you’ll be wearing that hideous dress you wore to your niece’s wedding.
Most of the time, people are wearing a hospital gown when they get to the mortuary, so naturally the morticians call the family and request that something with a little more style and coverage be brought in. If there’s a little number you really want to wear for this occasion, be sure that your survivors know about it.
This request, and all your other requests, as well as all of your legalities and policies and passwords, etc, can be stored right here at YouDeparted.
That darn suit/dress was always too hot and itchy, and you never felt like YOU in it. If you’d rather be buried/cremated in your overalls or your bikini or your comfy ol’ jeans and that Pink Floyd t-shirt with the autographs on it, speak out and tell somebody.
And while you’re at it, make your requests known about your hair, your makeup, and those hideous clumps of flowers somebody always plops down right on top of the casket, too. And make sure somebody is standing there guarding against such things, too. If you don’t make your wishes known, you’ll be lying there in that suit you always hated, with a big pile of those creepy white lilies on your chest.
Tell somebody! And then make it official by putting your wishes in writing and storing them with us, right here at YouDeparted.
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