Ashley Fantz
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I honestly don't know. Vanessa, I think since I survived, I kind of decided to stop. It was so overwhelming to me to think about it all the time that I've kind of stopped thinking about it. Yeah, I mean, you know, I have a will. I have all of that written out. I just, it's interesting you're asking me that because I haven't fully decided what I'd want. What about you?
I do always like to joke that I want like a mausoleum and it's sort of like that movie Big with the Voltan, you know, like talking thing. I want like a mausoleum where my likeness is sort of like a Madame Tussauds kind of, and I just tell you the story of my life. You put a quarter in me and I'm just like, yeah. It's kind of elaborate.
I do always like to joke that I want like a mausoleum and it's sort of like that movie Big with the Voltan, you know, like talking thing. I want like a mausoleum where my likeness is sort of like a Madame Tussauds kind of, and I just tell you the story of my life. You put a quarter in me and I'm just like, yeah. It's kind of elaborate.
I do always like to joke that I want like a mausoleum and it's sort of like that movie Big with the Voltan, you know, like talking thing. I want like a mausoleum where my likeness is sort of like a Madame Tussauds kind of, and I just tell you the story of my life. You put a quarter in me and I'm just like, yeah. It's kind of elaborate.
I think just getting more comfortable with death for me was a positive takeaway and learning more about the history of the advent of the modern American funeral home. And so asking these questions to me is interesting. Why is it that we hand over our dead? I mean, Of course, it's understandable. We don't just want to start burying people in our backyards. There's a hygiene issue there.
I think just getting more comfortable with death for me was a positive takeaway and learning more about the history of the advent of the modern American funeral home. And so asking these questions to me is interesting. Why is it that we hand over our dead? I mean, Of course, it's understandable. We don't just want to start burying people in our backyards. There's a hygiene issue there.
I think just getting more comfortable with death for me was a positive takeaway and learning more about the history of the advent of the modern American funeral home. And so asking these questions to me is interesting. Why is it that we hand over our dead? I mean, Of course, it's understandable. We don't just want to start burying people in our backyards. There's a hygiene issue there.
But why is it as a culture that we just hand over our bodies to a business that then charges us an unjustifiable amount of money to care for our dead? Why do we not want to see it? Why do we not want to confront it? And so I think if there's a positive thing that comes out of it is just start asking yourself those questions and not to be afraid of it.
But why is it as a culture that we just hand over our bodies to a business that then charges us an unjustifiable amount of money to care for our dead? Why do we not want to see it? Why do we not want to confront it? And so I think if there's a positive thing that comes out of it is just start asking yourself those questions and not to be afraid of it.
But why is it as a culture that we just hand over our bodies to a business that then charges us an unjustifiable amount of money to care for our dead? Why do we not want to see it? Why do we not want to confront it? And so I think if there's a positive thing that comes out of it is just start asking yourself those questions and not to be afraid of it.
I mean, it's totally normal to be afraid of death. I feel like everybody kind of is. But it made me a little bit more comfortable with it. A friend of mine who is from India, when her father died, she had to stand in line with his body as she marched toward a pyre. And she had to watch her father's body be thrown into the pyre. And
I mean, it's totally normal to be afraid of death. I feel like everybody kind of is. But it made me a little bit more comfortable with it. A friend of mine who is from India, when her father died, she had to stand in line with his body as she marched toward a pyre. And she had to watch her father's body be thrown into the pyre. And
I mean, it's totally normal to be afraid of death. I feel like everybody kind of is. But it made me a little bit more comfortable with it. A friend of mine who is from India, when her father died, she had to stand in line with his body as she marched toward a pyre. And she had to watch her father's body be thrown into the pyre. And
Once he was cremated that way, she had to sift through the ashes herself. Now, she's very much an American, and that made her sick to her stomach and traumatized her and the whole thing. But it's interesting to think about the way other cultures handle death and handle saying goodbye to the body.
Once he was cremated that way, she had to sift through the ashes herself. Now, she's very much an American, and that made her sick to her stomach and traumatized her and the whole thing. But it's interesting to think about the way other cultures handle death and handle saying goodbye to the body.
Once he was cremated that way, she had to sift through the ashes herself. Now, she's very much an American, and that made her sick to her stomach and traumatized her and the whole thing. But it's interesting to think about the way other cultures handle death and handle saying goodbye to the body.
Thank you so much for having me on. I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much for having me on. I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much for having me on. I really appreciate it.