Let this real-life caustic obituary be a lesson to us all about the importance of being kind to others.
Dolores Aguilar, born in 1929 in New Mexico, left us on August 7, 2008. She will be met in the afterlife by her husband, Raymond, her son, Paul Jr., and daughter, Ruby.
She is survived by her daughters Marietta, Mitzi, Stella, Beatrice, Virginia and Ramona, and son Billy; grandchildren, Donnelle, Joe, Mitzie, Maria, Mario, Marty, Tynette, Tania, Leta, Alexandria, Tommy, Billy, Mathew, Raymond, Kenny, Javier, Lisa, Ashlie and Michael; great-grandchildren, Brendan, Joseph, Karissa, Jacob, Delaney, Shawn, Cienna, Bailey, Christian, Andre Jr., Andrea, Keith, Saeed, Nujaymah, Salma, Merissa, Emily, Jayci, Isabella, Samantha and Emily. I apologize if I missed anyone.
Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing.
Her family will remember Dolores and amongst ourselves we will remember her in our own way, which were mostly sad and troubling times throughout the years. We may have some fond memories of her and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a good and kind mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. I hope she is finally at peace with herself. As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a family again.
There will be no service, no prayers and no closure for the family she spent a lifetime tearing apart. We cannot come together in the end to see to it that her grandchildren and great-grandchildren can say their goodbyes. So I say here for all of us, GOOD BYE, MOM.
Damn, maybe I should stop my wicked stepmonster postings about Monkey Boy.
Oh, ouch. That’s…harsh. Luckily, I had a mom who was greatly loved and never had an unkind word for anyone. She was taken from us far too soon. So many people showed up for her memorial service that many couldn’t even get close to the chapel. I hope I leave the same kind of legacy behind when I go, but I fear I enjoy being mean-spirited just a bit too much.
Wow!
Don’t know where to go after that.
Holy Cow. From the sounds of this obituary, her husband, Paul Jr. and Ruby may turn her away at the door.
I heard a story lately of a similar type of person. The said dead had a clause in the will that acknowledged that said dead expected nobody to appear at the viewing and if anybody did, and signed the guest book, they’d inherit the boatload of the estate. A casual passerby stopped to use the restroom and signed the guest book to make the stop more legal and ended up inheriting the boatload. Might be urban legend, might be true. I have not cared to check it out.
It does make you step back and think, cv.
But ……… if you decide to “ease up”, I’ll slap you. Silly, at first … then with glee.
S’almost a corollary piece to my guest blog over at fearandparenting’s place …..
I could think of a few people I could write an obituary like that about…..just sayin’….
Somehow I bet she is glad she is not here to read that one… Ouch!
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I had a little something to say about that one myself, basically along the lines of “blood is not an asshole license”:
http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=764