Today, I took home my grandpa's ashes. I then went out with my grandma, leaving my 5-year-old at home with my 12-year-old. When I got home, my beaming 5-year-old opened the door, covered in white powder. My grandmother asked where all the powder had come from. She pointed to the empty ashbox. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while changing into shorts because it’s scorching hot here, my four year-old found a jar of my Dad's ashes. I came out to see her feet prints in it on the kitchen floor. She'd dumped the whole jar out and was playing in it. FML
Today, I left my dog alone in the house for ten minutes while I took a shower. When I got out I found a mess of dust all over the floor and her ripping up a package that was supposed to be sent to my aunt. It contained my grandmother's ashes. FML
Today, I found out that my grandmother desecrated my grandfather's grave. 14 years after his death, she dug up his body and had him cremated so that she could sell his plot back to the cemetery for money. I was the one who found out so I had to tell the rest of the family. FML
Today, at my mother's funeral, as everyone was around her casket for the viewing, my 5-year-old son in cluelessness of what was going on shouted, "Grandma is more fun when she isn't sleeping." Everyone cried. FML
Today, my dog died and I told my grandfather I wanted her to be cremated. I came home later to find him burning her in our barbecue pit. FML
Today, we got a diamond delivered to our house. I was super confused until my husband admitted he’d taken the ashes of his grandparents and parents, my mom and my grandparents', and my auntie's, mixed them all together and sent them to one of those diamond making companies. I’m divorcing him. FML
Today, my grandkids went around my house claiming items to inherit. FML
Today, at my grandad's funeral, as my dad and aunt poured his ashes into the hole, a strong gust of wind blew the ashes into my throat. I choked on my grandad. What made it worse was that the vicar had to stop her prayer to laugh. FML
Today, I had been planning a family trip for months. My father had all his bags packed, ready to go in the car. He had my grandmother's ashes in his suitcase, and planned to spread them on a mountain. This morning our car was broken into and everything was stolen. The thief stole my grandma. FML
Today, we spread my uncle's ashes at my grandparents' house. We were on a hill overlooking a sunset. It was a beautiful ceremony… until the winds changed direction. Our whole family wound up covered in my Uncle. He's still stuck in my hair. FML
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riii 0
Common sense should have been used here: Keep out of reach of children.
kellster 2
That is so awful. Why the hell did you leave something that important where your five-year-old could get at it?? Why was she not informed that this was an absolutely hands-off item? Why was she beaming? There is so much wrong with this. Your poor, poor grandmother. :(
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glykoula09 0
well at least she got a chance to connect with grandpa in ways never thought possible.
Tri_fml 5
@ #26 Just cause something is legal - doesn't mean it's a good idea ;p
RunZoneFive 0
At least after he passed your grandpa got to be with the ones he loved
ncochrum 0
#35 that's disgusting...and hilarious
NewLight8421 0
Im 12 and when I babysit I keep watch and play with them at all time ; that 12yr old was just irresponsible : im ashamed to have that 12 yr old represent us... but still my cousin is 6 and she is INSANE at 5 she easily could have climbed somewhere to see the new item moomy brought home ;] especially unattended like that sorry about your grandpa]; and no offense to you for the 12 yr old stuff :D
UnderTheMoon 0
Do you want a cookie for babysitting and being twelve? Big deal, they still should have hired someone.
atruegem 0
I won't join the blame giving on here... you probably feel like $hit already. Don't! Stuff happens, you know. As gruesome and devastating the whole thing might seem... would your grandfather be upset? I know that if a kid I loved did this to MY ashes, I'd be having a VERY hard laugh :) And stop the blame game. This is just life.
TheGrapeApe 0
Nigga made it rain in that ho ahahahahha! but seriously that's nasty
eeknicole 0
YDI. Don't keep Grandpa where 5 year olds can get him.
Samazoid 0
It sucks more so for the kid who then realizes what he/she did when they're older. They're going to have to live with the fact that they spread their great grandfather's ashes all over them for fun. That sucks.
mixedchick 0
why was a 12 year old responsible for a 5 year old? its one thing if you leave a 12 year old home alone but to have a 12 yr old responsible for another being?? and why would you put that in their reach YDI!!!!!
Gorillazx22 0
Damn that is disgusting