My Dad Wants Us to Keep His Skull on My Mantle to "Watch Over the Family" When He Dies
Briefly

The idea of being confronted with his father's decapitated skull with diamonds in its eye sockets evokes a blend of horror and disbelief, questioning the limits of honoring a parent's last wishes.
While the desire to honor a loved one's wishes is strong, this scenario highlights a moral conflict between respecting those wishes and the emotional comfort of the living, emphasizing the strangeness of modern funerary preferences.
Read at Slate Magazine
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