My wife doesn't agree with my reading the daily obits in the newspaper. I like to joke and say that I'am just checking to see if I see my name or photo. If I don't, its a good day.
A few weeks ago some friends were over and one said that she was keeping a scrapbook of obits out of the news paper that she planed to leave for her kids. She explained what I already knew. Some obits go into great detail about work and travel, and are quiet interesting. Most people don't have the know how to write and publish a book of their memoirs ,so their obit becomes their final memoir.
Most obits are short and to the point? I find it sad that someones life is reduced to just a few lines. I can't help but wonder what happened to the person during the sixty to ninety years they lived.
Maybe the fact that obits are paid by the line announcements, keeps many of them short and sweet (short and cheep).
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