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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Writer's Workshop: My obit in 65 words or less

For this weeks writer's workshop I decided to write my own obituary. Kat stipulated that everyone died at 100 and the real clincher was that we could only use 65 words. Below is my entry (Sorry I'm two words over): 

Beloved Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. An award-winning author and a renowned scrapbook designer. Often seen with her family and friends who will remember her with a smile on their face, a laugh in their heart. Favorite saying, a Dr. Seuss quote, “Be who you are and say what you mean because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.”

16 random thoughts:

Unknown said...

Love it and especially love the Dr. Seuss quote!

Visiting from Mama Kat's!

Jenny @ flutterbyechronicles said...

Great Obit, I love that Dr. Seus quote as well.

Robin said...

Oh I love it...

and i like that silly cartoon too. :-)


Have a beautiful day.

Nori Duran said...

Thats a great obituary =)

Kekibird said...

Beautiful! Concise and sweet. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Thursday!

MIITB said...

Dr. Seuss, one of the smartest writers, our modern day shakespear. Great Orbit!

Unknown said...

Really nice! I love that Dr. Suess quote. Dr. Suess always makes life a little more enjoyable!

Becky said...

That was beautiful and I loved the quote, so perfect!

Kit Kat said...

I like the Dr. Seuss quote. Nice touch to the obit.

Thanks for visiting me earlier!

septembermom said...

Wonderfully written! The Dr. Seuss quote is great :)

Cheryl Lage said...

This is a wonderful obit! Think the inclusion of the Seuss quote cinches it!

Thanks so much for coming by my blog! ;)

Los said...

Love the Dr. Seuss quote ... it seems I'm not alone on that one. Great Obit!

Claudya Martinez said...

The Dr. Seuss quote is awesome. Great obit.

Jen said...

Wow that is really, really good!

Jenners said...

Awesome job! Love the Seuss quote. But did we get 65 words? Somehow I read 45!!! I cheated myself out of 20 words dammit! I love how you won book awards and were a renowned scrapbook designer and lived a long life!

Ab said...

Love the Dr. Seuss quote! Thanks for stopping by!

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