my mother put my brother's ashes in a christmas tin
i found it just a little distasteful. but, i am still looking around for a suitable urn type thing to keep him in. actual urns are freekin expensive. well i have him in something that sorta suited his style and personality, but im still hunting. anyways, the reason i mentioed it.. my little 2 year old daughter just found the christmas tin my brother used to be in, and brought it to me. and i looked at the bottom for the first time, and its got his name and date of birth/death on there on a little peel on/off sticky tab.
really? a sticker? is this the best she could do for my brother? a FUCKING CHRISTMAS TIN AND A STICKER????
i dont know why, but this is really bothering me
really? a sticker? is this the best she could do for my brother? a FUCKING CHRISTMAS TIN AND A STICKER????
i dont know why, but this is really bothering me
To me, it seems pretty obvious why it's bothering you. :( I would be bothered too -- you just don't feel that a Christmas tin with a peel off sticker was a suitable resting place for your brother, period. The sticker just sort of adds 'insult to injury' I think, or at least that's how a lot of people might feel, regardless of whether or not your mom meant any harm or not. Was it just a temporary resting place for him until she could buy something more suitable?
ReplyDeleteI'm really sorry this is bothering you, Zeri. :( I don't mean any disrespect towards your mother at all...but yeah, I would be bothered too. Can you talk to her about it? Or would that be a waste of time..?
Thank goodness you're trying to give him a proper final resting place.
yeah maybe it was only temporary, she split him up into 3 parts so i could have a piece, she could have a piece, and my other sister i think. we all live so far apart, and he lived so far away, that a physical resting place just didnt make sense.
ReplyDeleteyeah i guess its just the way it seems she threw it all together in about 5 minutes that bothers me. with whatever she had lying around :/
Oh wow I'm sorry hun. Thats awful :(
ReplyDeleteFrom past things you've wrote about your mother and things she's said/done.. It makes me just want to give you a *hug*.
thanx :)
ReplyDeleteyeah i love my mother.. but i really dont like her.
shes really selfish and condescending. she make herself feel better by tearing other people down. shes what dr phil might call an emotional terrorist lol.
yeah maybe it was only temporary, she split him up into 3 parts so i could have a piece, she could have a piece, and my other sister i think. we all live so far apart, and he lived so far away, that a physical resting place just didnt make sense.
ReplyDeleteyeah i guess its just the way it seems she threw it all together in about 5 minutes that bothers me. with whatever she had lying around :/