Would you pen your own eulogy?
Would you write your own eulogy? With Andrew Chan, one of the Bali Nine who was recently executed in Indonesia, penning his own eulogy, YourLifeChoices is interested in your thoughts on writing your own final tribute.
How do you feel about this?
- Is it a good or even healthy idea to write your own eulogy?
- Do you think by doing so you are depriving family and friends of the opportunity to express their thoughts on the person who they have loved and lost – and, therefore, the opportunity to grieve fully?
- Does it really matter that you pen your own eulogy considering you (or so we think) won’t hear it – or is it just another way of saying goodbye?
We sought some advice from InvoCare’s Communications Manager, Karl Wolfenden, on whether self-written eulogies were becoming more common and he said:
“Certainly they are more common than they were a decade ago. Mostly written, but sometimes filmed, prior to death, a self-eulogy is a very high expression of a personal, celebratory send-off; for what could be more personal than one final message from your loved one? It can be a very meaningful part of a funeral service.”
To reward you for your thoughts, YourLifeChoices will send the member with the most insightful comments a DVD pack valued at over $100.
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Stewie,
The forum is sensitive in that area. I make a habit of going back and deleting the spares.
It still catches me from time to time.
SD