I hope I get remembered

We had a guy here at work die last week unexpectedly and it's my sad duty to post the e-mails people have been sending in with thoughts, stories and memories of him. I read through many of them as I'm formatting the HTML and the sentiment often causes me to tear up. It was only last year that I even really understood for myself why we have funerals (since I've still yet to have a human close to me die). I used to think I didn't want anyone to make a fuss when I'm gone but I guess what I want is for the impact of my loss to be keenly felt and to have made such an impact in this life that people pause to reflect on what I gave back. I'm not sure I'm there yet...