Several years ago I offered to use my skills to build several pine boxes for the Prairie Lily Funeral Cooperative which is trying to get off the ground through a membership drive. I was hired to design and build a suitable simple pine box cost effective for self directed funerals. Mary ended up buying one for herself and kept it for a couple of years then gave it back to me to use for Lee.
I had given the cooperative an idea on paper about me doing workshops with people who would want to make their own pine box. For a price and over a weekend people would learn carpentry skills, share meals, discuss their own mortality, do artwork on the box, possibly write their own obituary and perhaps plan their own service to celebrate their life. Lee was supposed to be an integral part of this weekend. Alas- she will be here in our hearts.
And so time has passed and now Lee's death has happened. Now there appears to be an interest in doing a workshop like this. Put some thought into it and let me know if you are interested. If anyone wants more information from me about self directed funerals let me know. I will walk you through the process that we did.
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