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    My Way
    My Way
    My Way
    Ebook74 pages27 minutes

    My Way

    By Shalonda McFarland

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    This is a transition guide or said plainly, a funeral planning workbook. This workbook is for adults of any age and socioeconomic status in life. The purpose of this workbook is to help you plan so your wishes are fulfilled and help relieve the burden from your loved ones who would have to make all these decisions if you don’t.
    This workbook covers the financial aspects of the funeral, your body, notice to the public, the actual funeral, your belongings and other miscellaneous topics. The end of this workbook has some additional information you may find useful as thought starters, like the “things you may not know” section, possible hymns you may want included in your service, funeral stats, as well as funeral etiquette. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPurpose Praise Publishing
    Release dateFeb 20, 2017
    ISBN9781386313045
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      My Way - Shalonda McFarland

      Dedication

      For my mother, Linda Joyce Chaney Ross, who was the initial inspiration for this workbook. If it were not for you occasionally telling me how you wanted your funeral to go and my desire to remember every detail, this book may not have happened.

      To my late brother-in-law, Charlie McFarland, whom I miss very much. I am happy that you made your every wish known.

      Contents

      Dedication..............................................................

      Introduction...........................................................

      Chapter 1 ..The Money........................................

      Chapter 2 ..My Body.............................................

      Chapter 3 ..Notice to the Public.........................

      Chapter 4 ..The Funeral.......................................

      Chapter 5 My Belongings....................................

      Chapter 6 ..Miscellanenous.................................

      Things You May Not Know..................................

      Funeral Etiquette..................................................

      Funeral Movies......................................................

      Funeral Hymns......................................................

      An Offer For You...................................................

      My Ask...................................................................

      Funeral Stats.........................................................

      Bibliography..........................................................

      About the Author...................................................

      Introduction

      This is a transition guide or said plainly, a funeral planning workbook. I wrote this first for my family and myself and hope that others will benefit from it. When my mother started telling me about how she wanted her funeral, I took note and tried to commit her wishes to memory but I don’t want to rely on just my memory, because I had already forgotten details she had mentioned in previous conversations years ago, and I don’t want to be second guessing myself if the time comes. (I say if because I may beat my mother to heaven, only God knows.) Neither do I want my father or sisters to have any doubt of her wishes. For instance, she informed me that she wants to be buried close to where she lives. I never would have thought that. I always thought she wanted to be buried in the town where she grew up, in the cemetery where her father, my beloved Papa, is buried. Who knew? Then I started thinking about my wishes for my own funeral as well and wanted to put them in writing and communicate to my husband how I want things to go.

      Most people don’t think of funeral planning until they are up in age but the reality is, a lot of people die young and unexpectedly and I know this too well. Even if your loved ones never go to a funeral home to plan their funeral, at least they can jot down their wishes in this guide and communicate it to the

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