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Bull Frog Inn Belmopan

Belize,

Your Eulogy

I’m sitting in the restaurant of the Bull Frog Inn, Belmopan, Belize. It’s a great place to buy a diet coke and get free wireless.
bull-frog-inn
The downside? They play a local radio station that is addicted to Taylor Swift.

Another curious thing about the radio station is they periodically broadcast eulogies of local people who have passed. It’s a small town, so it’s a short list, and it’s all rather quaint. Sweet, actually.

One thing consistent in all the eulogies is how they describe what the deceased leaves behind. It’s never a list of jobs, possessions, or worldly achievements. It’s …