I’ve been thinking about what I want, y’know, when it’s time for me to go. I have to make it legal so that it actually happens, but for now, this is what I want:
1. Cremation
2. Ashes scattered over the ocean – Seal Beach, nowhere else, always been the place for me
3. Before going to the beach, there’s only one song that I want to have played – “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” by Louis Armstrong
Then everyone can go have a little wine and watch the waves. There, now it’s in writing…my husband’s not happy with the cremation thing, but we wouldn’t be able to be buried in the same place (it’s a Muslim thing), and I don’t want to be put in the ground. So throw me in the ocean, please; thanks….
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I love Seal Beach so much – the emotional aftermath of the shooting tragedy this week is reverberating through the town, but yesterday I could see that the residents are pulling together to move through their grief. After I stopped at the salon to pay my respects, I drove to Devynn’s Garden, just a block away. Devynn’s is a lovely little flower shop – when I went in, there was a line, and a sign that advertised 50% off all flowers through the weekend. Today the Seal Beach firehouse is having a fundraiser from 11- 8 p.m.for the families of the victims, with music and food. I’m going to stop by, and maybe take a walk on the pier –
This is a message from the pastor of Grace Community Church in Seal Beach, Don Shoemaker – his sermons helped me through some very dark times when I was attending Grace Community; maybe this will help you, too. I’m not always that sentimental, but this week brought home the meaning of the phrase, “If you love someone, tell them.”
P.S. – I apologize; I said the fundraiser would be at the Seal Beach firehouse, when it was actually held at the Sunset Beach firehouse. It’s going on until 8 tonight, so still time to go…
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