Comments on: Change Is In The Wind http://1canalgirl.com/2010/05/change-is-in-the-wind/ Mon, 30 May 2011 13:38:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Emily http://1canalgirl.com/2010/05/change-is-in-the-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Emily Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:48:12 +0000 http://1canalgirl.com/?p=58#comment-20 Lovin' the new site! Don't know what it looked like before since this is my 1st time here and we just connected on Twitter, but it looks clean, black is sleek and sexy, and your site doesn't look cluttered at all. I love the <a href="http://www.mnmlist.com" rel="nofollow">minimalist</a> look! Wow - what a deep thing to think about. Something not many people want to bring to the limelight, but very important nevertheless. I own a wealth management firm and estate planning is a key part of the business - what happens if someone you loved dies? Who do their belongings go to? How can we keep them from the government and unintended beneficiaries? And funeral options? So although planning them for clients isn't new to me, it's always very different from person/family/situation to another. For my personal purposes, I'm 27 years old and my plan may change as I get older, get married, have kids, be in a different place in life and have different priorities, and I will embrace that change - but I'd like to donate my body parts to science. I'd like to leave a footprint on this world not just when I am alive, but also when I'm gone. I want to be a part of a society that finds new ways to live better. And regarding parts of my body that I cannot donate, I would like to have my body buried without a coffin, and go back to the Earth from which I was conceived. Robin - my condolences for your child and those who have passed around you and are currently in pain. I can tell that these experiences cause you heart-ache, but also enlighten you to do meaningful things for yourself and on their behalf. I am honored to know you, and have a further appreciation for you. Lovin’ the new site! Don’t know what it looked like before since this is my 1st time here and we just connected on Twitter, but it looks clean, black is sleek and sexy, and your site doesn’t look cluttered at all. I love the minimalist look!

Wow – what a deep thing to think about. Something not many people want to bring to the limelight, but very important nevertheless. I own a wealth management firm and estate planning is a key part of the business – what happens if someone you loved dies? Who do their belongings go to? How can we keep them from the government and unintended beneficiaries? And funeral options? So although planning them for clients isn’t new to me, it’s always very different from person/family/situation to another.

For my personal purposes, I’m 27 years old and my plan may change as I get older, get married, have kids, be in a different place in life and have different priorities, and I will embrace that change – but I’d like to donate my body parts to science. I’d like to leave a footprint on this world not just when I am alive, but also when I’m gone. I want to be a part of a society that finds new ways to live better. And regarding parts of my body that I cannot donate, I would like to have my body buried without a coffin, and go back to the Earth from which I was conceived.

Robin – my condolences for your child and those who have passed around you and are currently in pain. I can tell that these experiences cause you heart-ache, but also enlighten you to do meaningful things for yourself and on their behalf. I am honored to know you, and have a further appreciation for you.

]]> By: Bill Godwin http://1canalgirl.com/2010/05/change-is-in-the-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bill Godwin Wed, 19 May 2010 06:41:53 +0000 http://1canalgirl.com/?p=58#comment-10 I recently flew to Lubbock TX for my mother's 87th birthday. While there we visited the small town where she grew up. It has grown from the population of 300+ it had when I would get to visit my grandmother. I remember her cookie jar. It was a ceramic pig that you grabbed by the ear to remove the top of his head and get to the delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies. While Mom and I were there we visited the cemetary. Although the population is now about 500 there is no economic vitality and the cemetary is little cared for. We found my grandmother's headstone - she was buried in 1974 at the age of 90. Her ex-husband's headstone was several feet away under one of the few stunted trees in this patch of high plains land. There was nothing on these stones that indicated anything about the people who now rest below them. It was my mom who told a couple of stories I had never heard that made the connection to them. I was glad to spend the time with my mom while she is still among us. There was nothing about the manner in which my relatives were laid in their final place that said anything about them, it is the manner that we treat the living that honors the dead. It is through the living that their memory is preserved. I recently flew to Lubbock TX for my mother’s 87th birthday. While there we visited the small town where she grew up. It has grown from the population of 300+ it had when I would get to visit my grandmother. I remember her cookie jar. It was a ceramic pig that you grabbed by the ear to remove the top of his head and get to the delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies. While Mom and I were there we visited the cemetary. Although the population is now about 500 there is no economic vitality and the cemetary is little cared for. We found my grandmother’s headstone – she was buried in 1974 at the age of 90. Her ex-husband’s headstone was several feet away under one of the few stunted trees in this patch of high plains land. There was nothing on these stones that indicated anything about the people who now rest below them. It was my mom who told a couple of stories I had never heard that made the connection to them. I was glad to spend the time with my mom while she is still among us. There was nothing about the manner in which my relatives were laid in their final place that said anything about them, it is the manner that we treat the living that honors the dead. It is through the living that their memory is preserved.

]]> By: Paul Tran http://1canalgirl.com/2010/05/change-is-in-the-wind/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Paul Tran Wed, 19 May 2010 03:42:24 +0000 http://1canalgirl.com/?p=58#comment-8 Lovin' the new site! Don't know what it looked like before since this is my 1st time here and we just connected on Twitter, but it looks clean, black is sleek and sexy, and your site doesn't look cluttered at all. I love the <a href="http://www.mnmlist.com" rel="nofollow">minimalist</a> look! Wow - what a deep thing to think about. Something not many people want to bring to the limelight, but very important nevertheless. I own a wealth management firm and estate planning is a key part of the business - what happens if someone you loved dies? Who do their belongings go to? How can we keep them from the government and unintended beneficiaries? And funeral options? So although planning them for clients isn't new to me, it's always very different from person/family/situation to another. For my personal purposes, I'm 27 years old and my plan may change as I get older, get married, have kids, be in a different place in life and have different priorities, and I will embrace that change - but I'd like to donate my body parts to science. I'd like to leave a footprint on this world not just when I am alive, but also when I'm gone. I want to be a part of a society that finds new ways to live better. And regarding parts of my body that I cannot donate, I would like to have my body buried without a coffin, and go back to the Earth from which I was conceived. Robin - my condolences for your child and those who have passed around you and are currently in pain. I can tell that these experiences cause you heart-ache, but also enlighten you to do meaningful things for yourself and on their behalf. I am honored to know you, and have a further appreciation for you. Lovin’ the new site! Don’t know what it looked like before since this is my 1st time here and we just connected on Twitter, but it looks clean, black is sleek and sexy, and your site doesn’t look cluttered at all. I love the minimalist look!

Wow – what a deep thing to think about. Something not many people want to bring to the limelight, but very important nevertheless. I own a wealth management firm and estate planning is a key part of the business – what happens if someone you loved dies? Who do their belongings go to? How can we keep them from the government and unintended beneficiaries? And funeral options? So although planning them for clients isn’t new to me, it’s always very different from person/family/situation to another.

For my personal purposes, I’m 27 years old and my plan may change as I get older, get married, have kids, be in a different place in life and have different priorities, and I will embrace that change – but I’d like to donate my body parts to science. I’d like to leave a footprint on this world not just when I am alive, but also when I’m gone. I want to be a part of a society that finds new ways to live better. And regarding parts of my body that I cannot donate, I would like to have my body buried without a coffin, and go back to the Earth from which I was conceived.

Robin – my condolences for your child and those who have passed around you and are currently in pain. I can tell that these experiences cause you heart-ache, but also enlighten you to do meaningful things for yourself and on their behalf. I am honored to know you, and have a further appreciation for you.

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