What do you want to be remembered for?
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What do you want to be remembered for?
Hang on, guys, I promise this isn't morbid!
In just passing the two year mark from the death of my father-in-law, age 60, and the upcoming two year mark of my brother's death, age 32, I have been thinking about what these men left behind.
Obviously, neither was contemplating that their "time" was when it came, consequently both left behind much that we are still coming across - papers, personal items, etc.
We just finally got some tools from DrS's father and my sister-in-law is still finding things now as she gets ready to move into a new house. Probably the funniest just happened a couple of days ago.
My brother left a computer that he had "fried" and put aside for, well, I don't know what. My sister-in-law didn't know what to do with it and it has been sitting in our attic for months. Now follow me. DrS just gave it away to his ex-wife's husband who tinkers in computers, since he is a stay-at-home mom. So, when his ex called a couple of days ago to ask a question about her visit with the kids, she told DrS that they had found some "interesting pictures" downloaded on the computer.
So, there stands my husband, talking to his ex-wife about porn pics that my brother had on his computer. Pretty funny. And I'm thinking to myself, what would I leave behind that people would find and wonder about? What is it I think I would be best remembered for?
What do you want to be remembered for?
In just passing the two year mark from the death of my father-in-law, age 60, and the upcoming two year mark of my brother's death, age 32, I have been thinking about what these men left behind.
Obviously, neither was contemplating that their "time" was when it came, consequently both left behind much that we are still coming across - papers, personal items, etc.
We just finally got some tools from DrS's father and my sister-in-law is still finding things now as she gets ready to move into a new house. Probably the funniest just happened a couple of days ago.
My brother left a computer that he had "fried" and put aside for, well, I don't know what. My sister-in-law didn't know what to do with it and it has been sitting in our attic for months. Now follow me. DrS just gave it away to his ex-wife's husband who tinkers in computers, since he is a stay-at-home mom. So, when his ex called a couple of days ago to ask a question about her visit with the kids, she told DrS that they had found some "interesting pictures" downloaded on the computer.
So, there stands my husband, talking to his ex-wife about porn pics that my brother had on his computer. Pretty funny. And I'm thinking to myself, what would I leave behind that people would find and wonder about? What is it I think I would be best remembered for?
What do you want to be remembered for?
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aw spooks, i know you don't mean it to be morbid, but it feels that way.
nevertheless, i shall depart this mortal coil at some point.
i hope to be remembered for my joy in life. if i left sometime soon (i don't really want to) i'd expect to be remembered for my love of Buffy, my sometime silly nature, and my ability to give to my friends w/o letting them walk all over me. (not that they'd mean to, but sometimes, if you don't put up boundaries, the needy will clean you out.)
my dad had porn on his computer too. i was actually pleased to see it there - i had at times wondered if he had completely dismissed that part of life, and i was glad to see he hadn't.
i have fanfiction on my computer. you'd have to read it to find out what it's about.
nevertheless, i shall depart this mortal coil at some point.
i hope to be remembered for my joy in life. if i left sometime soon (i don't really want to) i'd expect to be remembered for my love of Buffy, my sometime silly nature, and my ability to give to my friends w/o letting them walk all over me. (not that they'd mean to, but sometimes, if you don't put up boundaries, the needy will clean you out.)
my dad had porn on his computer too. i was actually pleased to see it there - i had at times wondered if he had completely dismissed that part of life, and i was glad to see he hadn't.
i have fanfiction on my computer. you'd have to read it to find out what it's about.
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Perhaps slightly paraphrased....
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in human memory, I want to live on in my apartment."
-- Woody Allen
For me, well, I used to dream about being "immortal" in some way -- but now I think the goal is simply the leave a slightly more amusing and less vicious corner of the universe behind me.
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in human memory, I want to live on in my apartment."
-- Woody Allen
For me, well, I used to dream about being "immortal" in some way -- but now I think the goal is simply the leave a slightly more amusing and less vicious corner of the universe behind me.
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I'd liked to be remembered as a good Mom by my son, a good friend by my friends (though that's something that needs work, frankly) and as the joy in life to one special person (ditto).
I'd like to be remembered as a giant pain in the ass to a few other 'special' people on this planet. It's not a long list, maybe ten people.
And I'd like to be remembered, or at least half-remembered, as the author of one funny book that made a few people think for a few days.
I'd like to be remembered as a giant pain in the ass to a few other 'special' people on this planet. It's not a long list, maybe ten people.
And I'd like to be remembered, or at least half-remembered, as the author of one funny book that made a few people think for a few days.
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