flying with the eagles
by Elaine, Victoria , Aged 37
At one point I could'nt decide if I was more afraid of being buried alive or the fire of cremation. My Aunty would tell me stories of a lady who was buried alive and when they dug up her coffin, the lid was covered in scratch marks on the inside.
So I wanted poison put through my veins after death to make sure I was really dead, but then discovered the beauty of two wedgetail eagles that fly over my property from the You Yangs mountain rang.
It was then I decided that I wanted to be cremated and my ashes thrown off the top of the You Yangs so I can fly with these beautiful creatures and when someone thinks of me from time to time, they only have to look skyward and watch the beauty of these creatures and know I'm there.
Besides, with the heat of the cremation fire, I'm sure it would wake the dead (pardon the pun) if your not already there..........
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