A Funeral For My Husband’s Youth

This might come as a shocking surprise to some of you, but I threw a funeral for my husband...who did not pass away. I was inspired by a simple photo that’s been floating around social media for a few years now. At the end of September my husband left his twenties behind. His thirtieth birthday fell on our friend‘s wedding and then a week later we were away celebrating our one year wedding anniversary. So there was just enough time in-between his birthday and the surprise.

Before you continue to scroll I should probably warn you that I’m extremely extra. I’d go as far as to say, I’m more extra than I’d like to admit. There were two things I knew would make my husband’s fake funeral legit - a real casket and a hearse. Without these two items, it would be just another 30th surprise party. After two months of research I found that there was no way I could afford either if I was planning to rent from a funeral home.

I carried on planning the party with the blind hope that I’d stumble upon one or the other. I even made the decorations with him in the house! I’d tell him I was crafting downstairs. Other times I was planning with my best friend or baking a cake at my parents’ house the day before. My plan was we’d get back from vacation on a Thursday, we were both off that Friday, and I’d plan a pretend getaway with my girl and leave my husband with hers to wait for us to get back. Her husband would then drive him over to the house and boom - surprise!

Well...things got a little more spicy as time went by. First, I’m about to get on a plane sitting next to my husband in an airport. I’m scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, when what to my eyes should appear but a man SELLING a real gutted casket on marketplace! Now I‘m thinking to myself there is no way in hell I want this in my house after the party, so I brave up the courage to ask this man to rent the casket to me for one night. I made a cash offer and he ACCEPTED!

People thought it wasn’t real when I said I got a casket! I felt better about the whole party already! We got back from our vacation and all that was left was to make the cake, so I ran to a local craft store to pick up some toppers with my mom. While we were in the store I mentioned how I was a little bummed I couldn’t rent a hearse and that they were incredibly hard to find. Now we’re leaving the store, and my mom starts shouting, “Hearse!”

I freeze in my tracts, I’m so excited I can’t even focus on where she is pointing. I ran to my car hopped in and zoomed across the parking lot to the empty hearse! It had blue flames painted on the sides and skulls on the dash. My mom got out and looked for a phone number, but we had no luck. So, I said I’ll wait five minutes and if they don‘t come out it’s not meant to be. Well, I turn to look back at the car and there was a young couple getting inside, when I approached them with my strange offer! I asked if they would pick up my husband from our friends house in the hearse to bring him to his party. This girl went all out! She dressed in a top hat with little bones and had a skull cane and all! I couldn’t have found a better person! And get this - it was her personal driver and she had never done anything like that before! She was a natural!

While waiting for my husband to arrive our guests and I stood in the driveway, lined with candles waiting for him to pull up. I wore a black widows veil and the whole party was told to wear black! Some took it to another level and wore suits!

I’d love to describe every little detail, but I think the pictures will tell a better story! Enjoy!