Often self-development courses include an assignment of writing your own obituary as a way of seeing what you want to be and do in life.  I thought it might be fun to boil all that down to a few words; words that could fit on a headstone.  That’s right, we’re going to write our own epitaphs – if we dare.  Think about it: we don’t want to leave this to chance, like the “unfortunate” Louise.

I’d want my epitaph to represent my love of family, home, writing, community building; the adventure of life itself.  I’d choose these words for my epitaph:

“She loved life”

What will your epitaph say?

photo credit: Natalie Maynor