{"id":2496,"date":"2014-12-31T09:25:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:09:18","slug":"how-do-you-want-to-be-remembered-prompt-124","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/prompts\/how-do-you-want-to-be-remembered-prompt-124\/","title":{"rendered":"Prompt #124"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-deep-burgandy-color has-text-color has-link-color has-playfair-font-family has-lg-font-size wp-elements-898b0603e06ae40b8b437d6217ac366d\">How do you want to be remembered?  <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-def-font-size\">Humorous or serious \u2013 what would you write for your epitaph?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compose several brief epitaphs for yourself \u2014 the headlines you\u2019d like to see on your headstone. Think of them as messages to future generations that convey how you want to be remembered. And then. . . write a story that explains why the epitaph is appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could also write this for your fictional character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He Was Happiest When He Was Young. Strongest When He Was Old.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Family First, Last, and Always<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019d Rather Be Smelling the Roses (Than Lying Underneath Them)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wish I Had It All to Do Over Again (So I Could Do It All the Same but Better)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From Family Tales, Family Wisdom<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>How to gather the stories of a lifetime and share them with your family,&nbsp;<\/em>by Dr. Robert U. Akeret with Daniel Klein<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-column wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Akeret.Family-tales.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:20px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Akeret.Family-tales.png 222w, https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Akeret.Family-tales-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-d16e93a6fcf042a8a98d451072059fa0 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-charcoal-ink-color has-lg-font-size has-raleway-font-family\">Prompt #124<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-def-font-size\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">Write your obituary, or your Life\u2019s Tributes.&nbsp; Share your writing here, on The Write Spot Blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/daniel-klein\/\" rel=\"tag\">Daniel Klein<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/dr-robert-u-akeret\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dr. Robert U. Akeret<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/family-wisdom-how-to-gather-the-stories-of-a-lifetime-and-share-them-with-your-family\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Wisdom \u2014 How to gather the stories of a lifetime and share them with your family<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/from-family-tales\/\" rel=\"tag\">From Family Tales<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/just-write\/\" rel=\"tag\">just write<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/the-write-spot-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Write Spot Blog<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/writing-freely\/\" rel=\"tag\">writing freely<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/tag\/writing-prompts\/\" rel=\"tag\">writing prompts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you want to be remembered? Humorous or serious \u2013 what would you write for your epitaph? Compose several brief epitaphs for yourself \u2014 the headlines you\u2019d like to see on your headstone. Think of them as messages to future generations that convey how you want to be remembered. And then. . . write [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single_prompt","format":"standard","meta":{"selected_specialist_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2451,2452,2472,2473,924,2215,2042,2053],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prompts","tag-daniel-klein","tag-dr-robert-u-akeret","tag-family-wisdom-how-to-gather-the-stories-of-a-lifetime-and-share-them-with-your-family","tag-from-family-tales","tag-just-write","tag-the-write-spot-blog","tag-writing-freely","tag-writing-prompts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15857,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/15857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}