All to be forgotten
Mama went to Cagayan de Oro last Sunday, so she asked me to ‘take care’ of our grocery store in Bulacan while she’s gone. It was the first time I drove all by myself to Bulacan from our Quezon City home. Once I got past through the tollgates of North Luzon Expressway, I rolled down all the side windows, turned the radio off and sped through the highway.
With the radio turned off, I actually had time to think and relax (Yes, I find leisure driving relaxing). One of the thoughts that ran through my head while driving was, “What if I meet an accident and, God forbid, die?” Morbid, I know, but I have actually thought about it a few times before, some of those times it even lead me to tears, thinking about the people I’m going to leave. There were many scenarios that I imagined. But for the purpose of this blog, let me share with you what I thought about my blog. Yes, I actually thought about my blog while thinking of death scenarios.
What will become of my blog? How will people know that I’m not alive anymore? Will the blog remain stagnant and eventually expire (as there will be no one to renew my account)? What happens to a blog when a blogger dies all of a sudden? Will the blog remain a temporary morbid reminder of more pleasant times? Have there been such instances?
I thought of this too. I told my sister that in case I died, she’d have to figure out my password and inform the my LJfriends that I’m dead. and of course, at the same time, she gets to read all my private entries and tell my crushes that i liked them and she gets all of my clothes that actually fit her.
i dont find it morbid, i’d like to think of it as being prepared.
I don’t think that’s really the only thing you thought about.
yeah…i know of someone who passed away recently (a homicide) and she had a livejournal account. It was sort of a photoblog of sorts too but at her death, lots of her frends just left condolence messages for her family on the blog (i won’t post the link here for privacy purpose) but yeah, reading her previous entries just took on a surreal feeling after she died…just knowing that this really is one of the biggest tangible reminders that she existed and led a normal, happy life before her tragic death.
THAT WAs EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WEEKS AND WEEKS AGO… what if you die… what’ll happen to your blog… i came up with a solution… tell someone your password…