Woman’s self-penned obituary

[Jazzy1]

Mass. woman pens own funny, beautiful, and touching obituary

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Just thought I would share with you this beautifully written funny, sad, and truly sincere obituary.

 

[Pinky]

What a great attitude to have, despite her illness. I would have been honoured to know her.

 

[hearlady]

Interesting.

 

[smiley]

Certainly better than saying nothing at all! - sounds like a good title for a ballad too! wot a blast heh!!

 

[old medic]

this is good too

 

[IrishEyes]

Great idea how to celebrate one's life and give the loved one the message not
to grieve to self harm, just celebrate that they once were.

 

[jujube]

Mass. woman pens own funny, beautiful, and touching obituary

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Just thought I would share with you this beautifully written funny, sad, and truly sincere obituary.

Oh, that's lovely. It sounds like she kept her sense of humor right up to the end.

 

[HoneyNut]

I like her idea in lieu of flowers:

"PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't waste money on flowers. Buy a bunch of scratch tickets and give them out to strangers along your way. Make people happy, that is the best way that you can honor my memory."​

 

[StarSong]

Lovely tribute to her friends and family. Hers sounds like a life well lived and thoroughly enjoyed.

p.s. Did anyone else notice she didn't mention her mother?

 

[Jules]

Her life was too short. What she got, she knew how to appreciate.

 

[HoneyNut]

p.s. Did anyone else notice she didn't mention her mother?

Although she had special comments about her father and brothers, she did mention her mom very briefly: "I was born March 7, 1965 in Boston to David and the late Patricia Brossi"

I googled the mom's name and this appears to be her obituary.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/patricia-brossi-obituary?id=24243514

I tried to do some math, seems like her mother died 16 years ago and her father died a few months ago, but her father's obituary mentions him being survived by his wife of 35 years. And since Linda died at age 60 I guess that means her father remarried when Linda was 25.

It's sad she didn't say anything about her mom.

 

[Jules]

Writing your own obituary is considered the latest way to have your own feelings shared. I’m not for nor against it. Whatever someone chooses and makes them happy at the end. I’d fear I missed out someone in the list.

It does take the pressure off whomever is doing the eulogy.