--- --- # Teacher's Sassy Obituary For Herself Is Going Viral for All the Right Reasons  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 2, 2015 2:54 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 2, 2015 2:54 PM UTC Florida school teacher Emily Phillips, who died March 25 at 69 after battling pancreatic cancer, wrote a spirited obituary for herself that has gone viral since running in the _Florida Times-Union_ on Tuesday. Here are some of the most memorable [lines](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesunion/obituary.aspx?n=emily-debrayda-phillips&pid=174524066&) from Phillips, a proud mother, grandmother and wife (or, as she referred to herself, “Grand Diva Of All Things Domestic”): --- > “” --- _Read next:_ [_The Most Surprising and Hilarious Requests from the Grave_](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/09/famous-last-words-from-football-fans-and-other-fanatics/) Teacher Writes Funny Obituary for Herself ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3768818/teacher-viral-obituary-florida-times-union/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3768818/teacher-viral-obituary-florida-times-union/"},"headline":"Teacher's Sassy Obituary For Herself Is Going Viral for All the Right Reasons","datePublished":"2015-04-02T14:54:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:17.894Z","description":"\"I was born; I blinked; and it was over.\"","url":"https://time.com/3768818/teacher-viral-obituary-florida-times-union/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family & Relationships"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3768818/teacher-viral-obituary-florida-times-union/","name":"Teacher's Sassy Obituary For Herself Is Going Viral for All the Right Reasons"}}]}] ```