“Are you sure about this?” Raymond wrinkled his nose at the parcel.
“Surer than sure!” Mara squared her shoulders. She will fight him, if need be. This was not something she was willing to back down from.
“It is morbid,” Raymond huffed.
“Yet it says so right on his bucket list,” Mara soothed, recognizing her brother’s retreat. “A coast-to-coast trip.”
“But …” Raymond shook his head in confused surrender. “I don’t think he meant to do so in an urn.”
Mara petted the label. “I’d rather err on the side of caution than be haunted by his restless ghost …”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Ted Strutz
Na'ama Yehuda 
We all grieve in our own ways
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Truth, that! Thanks, Neil!
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Best to be sure, plus they get a nice trip out of it too! 🙂
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I don’t know that “they” are going … I think only the ashes in the urns are going on the trip … 😉
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What a capital take on the prompt photo. I love the idea of the ashes going coast-to-coast 🙂
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🙂 Well, it WOULD cross another thing on the bucket list … 😉
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LOL 🙂
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😀
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Mara’s bound to get her way, I think. 😀
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Me think you are right … 😉
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Hmm, well, I thought the bucket list was supposed to be things to do -before- you kick the buck, not -after-. lol. Good one.
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Yeah, me thought so, too … but … I would not really wanna take a chance of being haunted … Would ya? 😉
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You have a point. I guess spring for the extra couple of bucks and send him first class. OK, there might be a difference between first class mail and first class travel, but I’m sure it will be fine…
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🙂 It IS sent “priority mail” … 🙂
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“Priority” – he’s even better than first class…
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LOL, well, and these tend to be flat-rate for the box-size, too … 😉
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I love her idea! It’s like that gnome that was sent around the world; it’s picture taken everywhere…
There are worst ways to honour the deceased.
Wonderful idea!
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Ha! That gnome, eh? 🙂 Well, I think there certainly are worse ways … and one cannot mess with potential ghosts … 😉
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Did you see the movie? Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain (I think the English version was simply titled Amelie…
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I have not, but I had wondered about it! You recommend? Might be a good movie to watch this weekend. 🙂
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I definitely recommend! Wonderful. And the cinematography is outstanding
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Cool! Thanks!
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I wonder who gets the ashes once they land on the opposite coast.
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Ha! I know … “storage” in the “lost and found” 😉
Or … they’ll decided it is “unclaimed” and send it back … a la round trip ….
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Yeah, spooky, funny but true. Better safe than sorry
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Yep, and sometimes distance is a benefit … 😉 Though one can only surmise the totality of their motives … 😉
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Well, one way or another, I guess.
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Or another, for sure … 😉
Thanks, Sandra! 🙂
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A wise move, if you ask me. And more importantly, a honourable one.
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Ah, honorable is an added benefit indeed! 🙂 Thanks for the comment!
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Na’ama Y’karah,
If he didn’t specify state of being, it’s all Kosher. 😉 Love this take on the prompt. You never disappoint, my friend.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, oh, now I’m gonna have performance anxiety … 😀
Yep, he did not specify the how, so, the how is open to interpretation, eh? 🙂
It’s the “בשינוי” way … 😉
Na’ama
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I think that’s a wise thing to do, it not she’ll have some explaining to do when they meet in the next life!
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Yah, I think that’s what she’s aiming to avoid … 😉
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Chuck him in a bucket and save the postage!
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And open the windows? 😉
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I hope Mara doesn’t own a convertible! 😀
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LOL!!! I hope so, too! Though I have me a suspicion they are sending the urn on a solo-trip via USPS …
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Better to be safe than sorry!
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😀 Yep!
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It might turn out to be a healing time for Mara and Raymond, taking his ashes from coast to coast. And, yes, avoiding his ghost. Well written as always!
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Yeah, if could be … though I am not so sure that THEY are going or only the ashes are ‘going’ … via mail … across the continent … Either way, I’m with you on avoiding the ghost … 😉
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That’s a delight, Na’ama! Great concept and really well-written dialogue.
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Thank you, Penny! 🙂
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What a great idea, and yes better safe than sorry
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🙂 yep, we no wanna mess with ghosts! 😉
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