If there is a afterlife... who would you like to greet you?

[MonkeyFunk]

I think I'd be quite pleased to be greeted by my grandmother, Nell Carter, and Audrey Hepburn.

Yeah, that'd rock.

[MissHoneychurch]

1. My family

my dad, my grandpa's, my great grandmother, my uncle. My cats :)

I miss them all. :cry:

[RebelOne]

2. All my deceased pets.

[raccoon]

13. You beat me to it!

I'd like to see all my pets who have gone over to the other side.

[terrya]

3. My dad.

Also a very good friend of mine, Scott, who died of AIDS 20 years ago.

[taterguy]

4. My old dog of course

He's been gone two years and I still miss him a lot

[zanne]

8. I love that picture.

It made me sad and I don't even know your dog.

[johnnie]

5. Whoever this is

[RedStateShame]

23. Holy crap! Maybe that's Heaven's bartender!!!

I referenced her earlier, at #21.

[Nickster]

6. My Great-Grandma with a big bowl of her homemade ravioli! Her and Jimi Hendrix. n/t

[crim son]

7. If I died tomorrow then I'd like to be greeted by

my two grandfathers (grandmas are still alive), and also one person I know who died very young of ruptured aneurysm. I didn't know him very well, but I've always wanted to know if he's okay wherever he is.

[SPKrazy]

52. Somehow..

I thought you were an atheist?

:shrug:

[MonkeyFunk]

64. What one would like

and what one believes to be true don't have to coincide. The question to which he's responding is "If there is an afterlife...."

I don't believe in an afterlife, but I'd still like a hug from Nell Carter and a guided tour by Audrey Hepburn.

[CTyankee]

9. I'd say my mother, but I never feel that she is truly "gone"

I hear her a lot (no not voices just thoughts that I know came from her). When I was trying to plan a trip to Italy recently, I was trying to cut corners and skip an optional tour. Then she told me "Of course, you're going on that tour!" and that settled that. I laughed because it was straight from her (she loved travel and wanted me to do more myself).

[stuntcat]

10. My Grandma, my Dad

:cry:

[Burma Jones]

11. Anyone would be fine, just so long as they aren't wearing a Blue Vest......

and handing me a shopping cart

[Wapsie B]

12. Both my grandfathers.

And two of the naughtiest strippers up there. :evilgrin:

[RandomKoolzip]

14. Donkey Kong, Clyde the Ape, and Lancelot Link

[Phillycat]

15. Marlon Brando (young and hot), River Pheonix, and Brad Pitt.

What? Hopefully Brad will die before I will! :shrug:

[ChickMagic]

16. Hmmm

My pets, my sister, my brother and John Lennon.

[movie_girl99]

17. my grandmother on my mom's side

she was an awesome lady with so many stories. She was born in 1900 and raised 11 kids. Unfortunately I never really listen or saw the importance of what she had to say. She died when I was 16. I would give anything to be able to hear just one of her stories now.

[MorningGlow]

18. Jesus

I have a LOT of questions for that guy!

And George Harrison. I miss him very much.

Relatives, of course--too numerous to mention, but definitely my grandparents, my dad, and my uncle.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

57. I second Jeebus!

I wanna know how to do that whole 'water into wine' thing

[UncleSepp]

59. Hitler.

I would like to know that there is a chance at redemption for every soul.

[Forkboy]

19. Bill Hicks

[China_cat]

20. Other than a me too on the animals

My mother, my grandfather and my 2 daughters.

[RedStateShame]

21. Heaven's bartender.

[itsmesgd]

22. my grandmother with a plate of southern fried chicken (I miss Sunday lunches)

And Jerry Garcia with a sweet guitar lick

[Zavulon]

24. A few dozen NFL cheerleaders in their prime.

The afterlife is eternal, I've got plenty of time to hook up with loved ones. Let's start with the eye candy.

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. My dad, my aunt Hopie, and my uncle Bum

Then they can introduce me to all the Smith relatives I have spent the last 8 years researching and writing a book about. I must hug all those who left the crumbs for me to follow all those years ago.

[grasswire]

26. how does one research Smiths?

I wonder how many Smiths there are just on DU.

[fudge stripe cookays]

32. I was very lucky.

Our family was very close to the original hometown in Wisconsin. My uncle Bum did some research back in the 1970s, and drew some family trees on butcher paper that I used as roadmaps, locating people in the census records in ND, PA, IL, MD, etc.

My great grandfather had 9 brothers and sisters who spread to the four winds. And I managed to find them all. Thanks to my uncle Bum and an old article from the Beloit, Wisconsin newspaper that gave clues on what happened to all of them.

I have about 600 pages so far, but have hardly scratched the surface. I've gotten back as far as my GGGgrandparents in PA. I travel the country meeting cousins, scanning their photographs, and collecting family stories, letters, etc.

It's become my life's work. I'm very proud of it.

[Blue-Jay]

27. Floogeldy.

[asthmaticeog]

29. Arrrrrgh, you beat me to it!

:D

[Blue-Jay]

30. Neener neener!

:bounce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

42. ????? You want to go to Hell? -nt

[Zuiderelle]

28. My Mom and my Grandfather.

Then Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Lauren Bacall.

[guitar man]

31. Rodney!

....now that would be cool

[MonkeyFunk]

34. ooh, that WOULD be cool

funniest comic I ever saw.

[ronnykmarshall]

33. My brother, my father, my grand parents ...

and Florence Ballard!

[MonkeyFunk]

35. awww

:hug:

[noonwitch]

36. I'd like for my Aunt Jo and a friend from high school to meet me

And all my former dogs and cats. My maternal grandparents are still alive, but if they weren't I'd want them to meet me, too.

[Aristus]

37. Voltaire, Ben Franklin and Oscar Wilde.

Then we'd all hook up with Mark Twain and have a long, chatty lunch together.

[treestar]

38. My grandmother, one of my old mentors in my profession

my favorite author, Jane Austen and anyone who knows who killed JFK.

[Dinger]

39. Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, Johnny Cash, Paul Wellstone, JFK, Beethoven, Laura Ingalls Wilder,

Mel Carnahan. Thomas Jefferson, Vince Lombardi, Ray Nitschke, Hank Williams Sr., Chief Joseph, Black Elk, Einstein, and more. Relatives and other loved ones first of course.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

40. Satan and a bottle of Macallan 18.

:D

[BuckeFushe]

41. My pets

[idgiehkt]

43. all of my pets that have passed on.

from all the way back to when I was a very small child.

[demrabble]

44. Anna Nicole

I'd like Anna Nicole to greet me.

And maybe Marilyn Monroe, too.

[Taverner]

45. Well, it depends on the afterlife

Who's? Christianity's? Islam's? Wotan's? Thor's?

[unpossibles]

46. everyone. I want it to be a big party.

on a more serious note, definitely my mom. I'd like to have an adult conversation with her.


And no, you pervs, not that kind of "adult conversation."

[Rhythm]

47. My dad, my favorite uncle, and my 3 best friends...

Uncle Chuck died when i was a teenager, and that taught me the dangers of alcohol abuse.
Dad died of cancer 15 yrs ago...

Both Lynn and Tim died of HIV complications when we were all still young (under 25)...
Gerald was murdered on Halloween of '95

I'd love nothing more than to get to give all of them a big hug one more time.

[Shell Beau]

48. God of course, but other than that, my brother and all of

my other relatives and friends that are up there.

[NewJeffCT]

49. JFK, RFK, MLK

but, i'm an atheist, so this is a big What If for me.

[Jamastiene]

50. I don't know, as long as it's not some homophobic asshole.

Maybe, my grandmother would be nice, but I don't get many choices in life.

[Xipe Totec]

51. Dubya,

'cause that would mean he went before I did.

plus I'd get a second chance to kick his ass.

[Ariana Celeste]

53. My big brother and my cousin

[femmocrat]

54. My family and my dogs.

We would have a great old-fashioned family reunion like when we used to gather at my Grandma's house.

[Guava Jelly]

55. Frank Sinatra,John Lennon,and Martin Luther King

Or three hot Du naughty girls :)

[Omphaloskepsis]

56. I hope I die before everyone I care about does.

At my current pace I might pull this off.

[havocmom]

58. My best cat, who was my guardian, my nephew, mom, and a cousin

I never met but felt watch over me. He died three days after suffering burns from an exploding kerosene tank he ran past to warn a sleeping family their barn was on fire. Died just a couple months before I was born. Always felt he watched over me, then over my daughter when she was tiny.

That theory was reinforced when Mom told me I was gravely ill a few months after birth and the doctors were at a loss. She kept having a dream about my cousin holding me and telling her he would take care of me. She thought it meant I would die and he would meet me. I took it to mean he would make sure I lived the life he didn't get to enjoy.

Leroy White died, at age 13, from injuries suffered from a fire and explosion. He jumped from the back of his dad's truck before my uncle could get it parked as they saw the fire in a neighbor's barn. He ran past the blaze to the house to wake the family so all could help put out the fire. He had unfortunate timing.

They said he loved kids and taught Sunday School. He and my mom were very close. They said he had been looking forward to my birth.

I hope to meet his spirit some day. Have felt his presence most of my life.

But I want to be reunited with my sweet Smudge Cat's soul too. And my nephew and mom.

[SPKrazy]

60. I'd Guess I'd Have To Say

my mother

my friend Gregg

my grandfather

my aunt

my friend Brenda

some of the many people I've known that have died from their alcoholism and other addictions

my dead pets

[BuelahWitch]

61. Mom, Noni (grandma)

my pets, Burr Tillstrom, Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Hepburn and Mabel Normand.

[Redstone]

62. My parents and my dog Whirl.

Redstone

[MassLiberal]

63. my parents, my grandparents, my great-aunts

And my Scottie dog, Bridget.

[enigmatic]

65. Bukowski

[Catshrink]

66. My mom... my grandmas and grandpas...David...Andy, nostamj (Jeff)

My cats who've died, Ryno, Princess Suzie, Joe.

George Washington and Ben Franklin.

[liberal renegade]

67. My entire clan of course

and then all my good earthly friends and pets.....

[mvd]

68. Hopefully my parents first (they're alive), because my grandparents..

greeting me first, while lovely, would mean a sooner death.

[maveric]

69. Buddy Hackett. My Parents and RFK.

And my old friend Wink.