History I coined the term liferal at the wake of a friend who suicided in December 1997. I subsequently wrote a tribute song to him that my band Fluffy's Chain performed at our second and final gig at The Club in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia in March 1998. When friends of mine paid for their entire wedding party to fly to and stay in Sydney in 2001, I said this was a wonderful example of a liferal. I also used the term when a mate organised a spontaneous mystery day filled with adventures, gifts and special treats for my wife and me. When I turned 40 in 2005, a generous friend organised a surprise liferal for me. Her husband performed a song he'd written especially and gave it to me in a folder headed This is Your Liferal. Others delivered eulogies they'd written, with copies for me to keep and re-read. I'd been feeling very low when my liferal was sprung on me. I was so overwhelmed with gratitude, that I actually had a brief, out-of-body experience. When I got home, I felt compelled to write this poem .