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@lukekee
I love your enthusiasm about life, "take what I have to and just keep on going". Having the ability to turn the negative into a positive, is challenging at times, but you have seemed to master it! I have traveled 98% by myself (introvert) but my husband came with me at times when he could (traveling when you are dying can get tricky). So after his death, cremated in a biscotti jar (he liked cookies), I put him in a wee vegan gel cap, and sprinkled a bit him everywhere to continue his travels. Like in the pool in front of the Taj Mahaul, in the Alamo, on Samuri Warrior 47 grave site (born in '47) in Koyason Japan royal cemetary, when I spent a few nights with Bhuddist monks in their temple on top of a mountian. He's going on another trip soon, and some of my service dogs ashes will accompany him. Baklava is in a basset hound cookie jar next to him.
Btw, I did publish a wee children's book/illustrated it, on a local endangered species, I'm sure not half as exciting as extra vertibras on an xray.
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@msmarymac
I definitely have not mastered my life as it is now and there are days I cry “why me?” and I’ve found the answer to that to be “why not me?”
I have plenty of poor me days (usually days I can barely get out of bed) but I thank god every single day that I’m not in worse shape than I am.
I am definitely an introvert but my best friend is a definite extrovert (would talk a wall to death 😂) so she does the socializing on our trips and it works for us. I’m pretty easy to get along with and I’m very nice to the people we encounter; I just don’t go out of my way to engage anyone.
I would love to sell our house and most everything we own and buy an RV and just stay gone but my husband is not on board with that idea at all. He will go some places with me but he is happy just staying home and that works out because we have two dogs.
I love the spreading of the ashes! That’s such a beautiful idea! I have told my children I want to be spread out over the ocean. My daughter says she will fedex me and meet me there because there’s no way she taking me in her suitcase. I asked her what if I get lost along the way? Her answer was then I would probably get to travel around the world to places I’ve never been 😂!
My son says he will take me 😊!
I am also trying to talk her into putting some of my ashes in a small hourglass and use it when they have game nights so I can always be there to play! So far, that’s a no go too! 😂
Wow! You have traveled all over the place! I love that! I hope your next trip is full of joy and unforgettable memories!
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@msmarymac
I love the sprinkling of your husband's ashes at different travel spots. That's what I'd like with mine but doubt I could find an agreeable traveler to do it. In the meantime, I'm going today to purchase a final resting plot. At least that can come off my list. I find aging to be quite challenging and full of medical surprises, but I do the best I can to keep moving and socialize.