[sageofages]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I want to have a big Irish Wake.
I want to be propped up in the corner in my coffin (no casket for me...I want a coffin) with a pint of beer on a table beside me.
I want my loved ones to celebrate my life, not mourn my death. After I will be buried.

And I'm being dead serious about this (pun intended...but I am being serious)

I love the Irish wake.....My dad's family is what I call "good ole, Chicago Irish catholic" and as such the wake's are a party, vigil-style!

When my dad's father died, his wife (my step-grandma) was so stoggy. She wouldn't allow a "real" wake...so they set up the bar in the men's room at the funeral home. TOO funny to watch women sneak into the men's room for a bit of cheer to send Grandpa off with