Death of a loved one is a tragic experience. It feels like someone has literally ripped out a piece of your heart. It hurts and people deal with it differently.
Some shut themselves in from the rest of the world while some find humour in their good memories.
Twitter user Mitch Feltscheer penned down a thread reminiscing funny memories from the time when his family went to conduct his grandmother’s ash scattering ceremony.
1. So here’s the beginning…
The hardest I've ever laughed in my entire life was a few years ago at my grandma's ashes scattering ceremony. A Thread:
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
2. Can’t believe he’s talking about ‘chucking’ his mother.
Or as my dad (who was inexplicably in charge of proceedings) described it "everyone grabs a placcy cup and a scoop of grandma and you can go chuck her wherever you want".
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
3. Even in death, she sure knew how to make her presence felt.
I'm talking borderline cyclonic, like, you couldn't even crack open her urn without a bit of grandma escaping and flitting straight into the nearest cousin's face.
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
4. The visuals are starting to look funny already.
After the task of getting a couple of 50 year-old aunties in heels down a steep path (fun!), we gathered in the winter sun and Dad hitched up his pants and awkwardly hobbled out into the sea.
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
5. Oh my grandma, no!
At this point my brothers and I are holding in laughter at the absolute scene going down in front of us when suddenly the unmistakeable sound of a jetski rounds the headland and two 20-somethings come gunning straight for where grandma is falling into the sea.
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
6. Really, WHAT HAPPENED?
My brothers and I are in physical agony trying not to laugh at this point, as dad comes ambling back to the shore to a dozen or so silent Feltscheers trying to comprehend what just happened.
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
7. At least that’s a solace. And all well that eds well, right?
And thats how I ended up sprawled on the sand on a Sunday morning, clutching my sides laughing as my dead grandma's ashes get churned out the back of a jetski. FIN.
— Mitch Feltscheer (@mitchfel) May 29, 2018
If I remember correctly, something similar happened in the movie The Big Lebowski, no?
My solace? It lies in knowing that even in a tragic situation like death which makes most people depressed, this grandmother actually made her entire family smile, laugh actually in her memory.
If there’s anything that hurts more than losing a loved one, it is the inability you develop to find happiness again. But like they, people who leave us are always watching over us and looking out for us, if not physically, spiritually.
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