Strange title for a blog post, I know. But no apologies from me.
Henry died almost 2 years ago and I still get snail mail for him, 2 envelopes today, which is a lot. Usually, it's one in a blue moon. I'm ready for this sort of thing - I have address labels all printed with a little message saying, "My son died in May 2007. Please remove him from your mailing list!" It's convenient, I just stick it on the questionnaire that's being sent and put it in the "no postage necessary" envelope. And it works, I haven't heard from the army, the marines or the credit card companies ever again.
Today, though, I got yet another postcard from the local JC. Those come on a much too regular basis. So, I finally sat down and wrote them a letter with the same message. Hope it helps. I really do not need these constant reminders of what I have lost.
Last week, I read, or rather skimmed, a book about after death communication. Quite interesting really. I found out (again) that I've had twilight experiences. And, no, I'm not going to explain :-) There was a quote in the book by Jack Lemmon: Death is the end of a life, not a relationship.
It's very annoying that they would resend to you. I wonder if they're getting different lists or if they just don't believe you.
ReplyDeleteI had much the same problem after my daughter died. Most people were very cooperative after an explanation was given. It will eventually slow down.
ReplyDeleteMarilee, I didn't explain that correctly. I had never written tot he JC before, just tossed whatever they sent. But it got to be too much and I finally wrote and explained.
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