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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SweetieLish 0
I'm pretty sure that they make those containers with ashes really, really hard to open, you know...in case they get dropped or whatever. How in the hell did a 5 year old even get it open?
nikki1001 0
Uh...not really. My grandma was cremated and the box is not sealed. Urns are not sealed, they have lids, but you can CHOOSE to have them sealed. And no. Cremated ashes are white, but can also be other colors depending on certain factors. Humans aren't cigarettes, sweetheart. The ashes are different.
Lonely4 0
Sorry "sweetheart", but ashes are, in fact, shades of gray and/or brown and/or black...the color is solely dependant upon the heat in the crematorium and the type/amount of fuel used. Yes, light gray can look like white, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are talking about light gray, but it's not like they bleach the bones or ashes....you never get true white. And you were wrong, and yet still so condescending, about another thing. Ashes always, without exception, come home sealed (did you really think crematoriums didn't have governmental/national regulations?). Regardless of the fact that we call them "ashes", they are still human remains. Once you get them home, you may do with them as you please, but until then, they are in a sealed plastic bag inside of either a plastic box or a cardboard box, or a velvet bag. The plastic bag always has some sort of identification card or number so that you know you got your loved one back. No, the tops on the plastic or cardboard outside boxes aren't always "sealed" on the bottom of the box, but the remains inside are sealed. ps -- thanks so much for pointing out that we aren't cigarettes. I was worried there for a minute.
SpoonyGSR 0
Fake.. one.. those boxes are SEALED.. meaning you CANNOT get in them. two, ashes are not white, they are a dark dark gray. FML always posts the stupid ones.
nightowl43 0
#33, If you are 12 you aren't allowed to be using this site. A responsible 12 year old would know that, and would not be visiting here. 12 year olds responsible to babysit also would be too mature to put a nearly pornagraphic picture as their avatar
lnf9ohfour 0
really just an unfortunate accident, the kids obviously didnt know any better, you should have put it in a safer place ...
Heathersaur 0
That is discusting. But really, YDI. Why would you leave a 5 year old with a 12 year old? And, you should have put it in a better area.
Zachschozz 0
Your kids are stupid
Weil 0
You suck at parenting.
nonotme 0
Why the hell would you leave a 12 year old home alone with a younger child? You deserve not just this but, if your religious preferences swing that way, the haunting of that unsettled spirit til the end of your days.
Roxas_fml 0
Put it where the kids can't reach it, moron.
ELEPHANTRA 0
WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL EW