3 Things I Wouldn't Do for Money: And Other Ruminations from Suburbia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781450246743)

My family and most of my friends will accept my departure from this earth. But I don't really know what to do about some of my friends in the Writers' Circle. Even if they see the death certificate, there are some of them who just don't trust me. In fact, there is one member who did not believe it when I was hospitalized. I'd had major surgery for Pete's sake, but when I came back, he swore that he'd seen me alongside the I-5 freeway in an orange jumpsuit picking up trash. I am sure he will look around at each meeting for weeks after my funeral, clearly expecting to see me walk in saying, "Gotcha!"

Excerpt from "Whom Would You Pick to Deliver Your Eulogy?" by Vivian Charlton