That's very sad. No parent expects to outlive their child.

Also ((uforgot son))) thanks for serving, come home soon and safe

I was listening to NPR about "natural burial" or "green burial". Instead of embalming and in a steel casket which puts tons of harmful chemicals into the ground and ... the idea is back to the earth. The graveyards becomes a park, open space. Plots can be marked by GPS so they can always be found.

"Hey, let's go geocaching to Trek's plot" JK gals.

I like the idea and it beats my previous one of "put me in the compost bin and plant a garden" . Obviously hope not to use the concept for a long long long long long long long long long time in the future.