On the way home from school today Gavin and I had a talk about cremation and the Catholic Church's beliefs on cremation. Before 1963, Catholics were not allowed to be cremated, the policy was lifted due to sanitation risks, overcrowded cemeteries and financial reasons. This subject was brought up because today was a Memorial ceremony at school for a teacher who died of leukemia and was cremated. I told him I would prefer to be cremated.
Gavin: Really? Did you know that you can be turned into a tree or a diamond?
Me: A diamond? I did not know that.
Gavin: When you die, I am going to have you turned into a diamond. Then I am going to give it to my girlfriend and say, (whispers) "Here, it's my dead mom. Will you marry me?"
8th grade graduation Montgomery Catholic
Me: LMAO (laughing my ass off)
Turns out Catholics now allow you to be cremated, but with - you guessed it- more rules! According the Cremation Institute, "It was decreed that ashes are not to be scattered on land, in the air, at sea, or in any other fashion. In addition, ashes are not to be exhibited in the home, made into jewelry, cremation diamonds, cremation art, or any other method of display."
Sorry Gavin, if I'm still Catholic at the end of this life, you'll have to check the current decree on this little rule, but thanks for a much needed belly laugh.
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