Portland Public Library

It's your funeral!, plan the celebration of a lifetime--before it's too late, Kathy Benjamin

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171) index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

It's your funeral!

1225067071

Kathy Benjamin

plan the celebration of a lifetime--before it's too late

"A practical guide to planning your funeral, including worksheets and guided journal prompts" --publisherThis workbook, intended for you to record in great detail how you want your funeral to proceed, is a practical guide with worksheets and guided journal prompts. Benjamin offers a plethora of facts, stories, and inspiration to help you think outside the coffin to ensure that your wishes are recorded for posterity. Planning for death should be a celebration of your life-- even though you won't be able to attend. But you can have a blast planning it, so let's get started! -- adapted from back cover

I. IT'S YOUR BODY. Burial and beyond: from six feet under to sixty miles up -- Common Methods: How to avoid being burned alive; Getting creative with cremains -- Worksheet: my cremation creations -- Eco-friendly methods: Pet cemeteries (the not-evil kind); Funeral traditions explained: viewings -- Futuristic methods: There's no dying in baseball! -- Donation methods: becoming poor Yorick; Funeral traditions explained: nine nights -- Traditional methods: Turning body art into fine art; Worksheet: what to do with my body -- Build your own coffin -- Worksheet: how to contain my remains -- You can take it with you: How to fend off grave robbers; Celebrity burial hoards; Worksheet: my burial accessories; Worksheet: my final fashion statement; What can be cremated with me? Funeral traditions explained: wakes -- II. IT'S YOUR FUNERAL. It's your funeral and you can die if you want to -- Funeral traditions of major religions: Funeral traditions explained: shemira; Funerals for the living; Funeral crashers -- Choosing the perfect venue worksheet -- Assigning funeral roles: My funeral dream team worksheet -- Funeral themes -- Fashioning your funeral: My funeral design worksheet -- The Eulogy: Eulogize (but don't plagiarize); My eulogy worksheet -- Funeral readings worksheet -- Funeral music: A celebrity performer to entertain your mourners; My final playlist worksheet; My "Do Not Play" list worksheet; Rent-a-mourner; Traditional jazz funerals; Photo finish worksheet -- Setting a selfie policy: Rewarding your funeral guests; My guest and pest lists worksheet -- Lightening the mood worksheet -- Planning your eternal rest worksheet -- III. IT'S YOUR LEGACY. Don't you forget about me (ever) -- Marking your postmortem territory: Iconic funerary monuments -- Epitaphs: My perfect monument worksheet; Famous graveside rituals; My graveyard ritual worksheet; Tradition of Famadihana; Extraordinary cemeteries you need to visit (before you end up in one) -- Obituaries worksheet -- Your material legacy worksheet (who gets my stuff) -- Where there's a will: Month's Mind funeral tradition -- Your digital legacy (assets worksheet) -- Your intangible legacy worksheet: 10 things I'm proud of accomplishing -- Coming back to haunt someone: my haunting game plan worksheet; A message to my loved ones worksheet -- How to craft a bucket list worksheet -- Epilogue: The end of the beginning of your end

It is your funeral!