For this week’s Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Faithfuls, Jim Adams has asked us about the inevitably of our own deaths. Well, isn’t that an interesting topic for a Friday the 13th?

Jim asks these questions:
Do you hate talking about your death and are you planning to postpone all the decisions and leave them up to somebody else?
I do not particularly like talking about death, but I know it’s inevitable, so my wife and I are prepared, at least legally. We have living wills documenting the distribution of our assets, and we have our home in a revocable trust deed with our children as beneficiaries. So we are prepared in that regard.
Have you made any arrangements that will determine what you would want to happen when you die?
As far as our assets, yes (see answer above).
If you can no longer take care of yourself, would you like to live in a nursing home or receive in-home care from a caregiver?
I’d rather be at home with a caregiver, but if it ever gets to the point where I’m either physically or mentally incapable of caring for myself, I’m glad I live in a state that permits death with dignity.
Do you have a will, and do you know how you want your assets to be distributed?
Yes. See my response to the first question.
If you have pets, have you figured out what will happen to them?
It will be up to our kids to make that determination.
Do you have life insurance, and do you think it is enough to take care of your final expenses?
We have small life insurance policies, but I am confident that the money in my retirement savings should be more than sufficient to cover such “final” expenses.
Do you want a big funeral?
I don’t want a funeral at all. Just a simple farewell with my immediate family.
Have you decided where you will be buried, or if you want to be cremated, or if you are donating your body to science?
I had decided to be cremated, but now that human composting, or natural organic reduction, is legal in California, I’m thinking about going that route.
Will you be writing your own eulogy?
No. My eulogy will be this: