(this perhaps chiseled into some useful tool like a shovel or a hammer). As for my remains, I've recently heard about a new concept called green cemetaries where your body is left to decompose naturally (wrapped simply in a shroud in a shallow grave), letting its nutrients back into the earth. However gross this may seem, I kinda like that idea. Felicia, 33
Somerville, MA I'm 17, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. Ray, 17
Toronto CANADA I'd prefer not to have a gravestone and not to be buried in a cemetery. "Fools' names and fools' faces are often seen in public places." I'd far rather be cremated and scattered--or cremated and seasoned in a compost pit. Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA I really don't want a gravestone, per se. I want to be cremated and I want my remains disposed of in the middle of a field with no signifigance or sentimental connection to anyone I love. Either that, or even better, down a toilet somewhere, anywhere. . . If the question is what epitaph would I want to be remembered by, hmmmm. . maybe something like "he kept me amused occasionally" or "at least he didn't become a burden or get in the way too much". mothmc, 35
Pensacola, FL In an effort to partially thwart the funeral director mafia, I'll probably be cremated but If I have a gravestone, I'd probably shoot for something to amuse any visitors. This is tricky as jokes tend to get stale with repiition. Maybe something like: "Go ahead, let the dog pee there, It doesn't bug me now." Dan
Lowell, MA I don't plan to have a gravestone. I want to be cremated and have my ashes scattered over some wilderness area. It's just my way of giving something back to the land that sustained me. I don't want to take up space after I'm dead. Cindy, 41
Lowell, MA I believed in Love. Laura, 34
Lowell, MA I don't know. I'd be dead. It would probably say "RIP Karen" or something like that. Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA I don't think I'd want a grave stone. I'd rather be cremated and my ashes put in the mulch pile. I'd rather live on in the memories of my children and people I know with the memory that I made a positive impact in their lives. Janet, 42
E. Brunswick, NJ this one's easy (since I wish to be cremated & skattered)( where, I'm not quite sure yet).
"LET'S MOVE ALONG FOLKS. THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE HERE." King MoonRacer VII I don't want a gravestone. I want a nice comfy stone bench of some kind under a nice tree with a beautiful view, like the one the author suggests in those books about all I ever needed to know I learned in Kindergarten. Somewhere where people can sit down, relax, have a pleasant chat and they don't even know I am there. I would haunt it too and listen in on people's conversations about their lives. Kathy, 26
Garden City, MI "I TOLD you I was sick!" Reba, 50
Rockville, MD First off, I'm going to be set on fire when I croak. I would like people to say that I am creative, a good person, a writer, love animals, don't judge people, and am loyal to those I trust. Ernest, 29
Washington, DC USA Well, first I should probably focus on figuring out what to put on my father's tombstone, but on mine it's going to read, "Thanks for stopping by." Kristin, 20
IA USA