Fish Tale

My in-laws are in town, having come down for HS’s graduation.

My father-in-law, an avid fisherman, made his last wishes known to us.

“Don’t ever put me in a home,” he said.  “Just prop me up against a tree near the water.  When I get too tired to stay upright, I’ll fall in and let the fish have their revenge.”

This entry was posted on May 15, 2007 at 12:04 PM, filed under Family Matters. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

10 Comments

  1. Janet
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 12:46 PM | Permalink

    LOL now that’s recycling and karma all rolled into one! Hi, Michele sent me :-)

  2. Becky68
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 12:48 PM | Permalink

    Hello from Micheles today.
    That’s a good request! Much better than my own Grandmother’s request for us to ‘dig a hole, stand her over it & shoot her into it’ when she was tired & frustrated with her body moving slower than her mind.

  3. Denise
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 1:57 PM | Permalink

    You cannot POSSIBLY be the mother of a college graduate (but congratulations anyway).

    Michele sent me today and I’m glad she did!

  4. Lisa
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 3:25 PM | Permalink

    I love the thought! Reminds me of an older country song that goes “prop me up beside the jukebox when I’m gone, Lord I want to go to heaven but I don’t want to go tonight….” Anyway, at least he knows what he wants!

  5. Diane
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 6:01 PM | Permalink

    Great attitude!

    hello, Michele sent me

  6. Jennie
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 9:02 PM | Permalink

    That’s funny…and so is Janet’s observation! ;)
    Congratulations on the graduate! Michele sent me.

  7. Karen
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 9:16 PM | Permalink

    Like the post! First time here. Hello! Here from Michele! She sent me.

  8. Blue Monkey Jammies
    Posted May 15, 2007 at 11:11 PM | Permalink

    He he he thanks for that giggle. I almost snorted my coffee out of my nose :P

    Here via Michele today.

  9. Liz
    Posted May 17, 2007 at 9:38 AM | Permalink

    Oh my goodness, I’d love to go fishing with your FIL, sounds as if he’s got a great sense of humor – I snorted my coffee, too – oh, and I’m a regular reader, just lurking around before heading out to Costco ;o)

  10. Liz
    Posted May 17, 2007 at 9:39 AM | Permalink

    Congrats on the graduation – btw!