too much about grief  | |  I know that I have been speaking a lot about grief and death since my mother’s passing. But today I am really excited about the headstone and I want someone to know how pleased I am.
My parents had been married 57 years so they truly are soul mates and a couple. I was fairly insistent that I didn’t want a headstone that had Dad’s name on it in the cemetery just waiting for the death date. I don’t like that and since I am the “baby” of the family I got my way.
We own a rock quarry. We were able to find a really beautiful stone at the quarry. We hand split the rock. Mom’s headstone is the first half of the stone. It is beautiful on it’s own, but when Dad passes away his headstone will be placed with hers and it will be obvious the stone is complete. Is it odd that I am finding comfort in a headstone?
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| | | | | | | | 1.  Sandra1952 (1465) | 4 months ago |  Hello, Trensue. I don't think this is odd at all. You've worked together as a family to come up with a fitting memorial for your mother and, eventually, your father. I agree that your solution is better. Two halves of a whole that will eventually be joined together again is so much better than a name waiting for a date. When someone dies, so many things seem to be out of our control, but now you and your family have regained control of the situation. You have every right to be pleased about that. God bless you all.
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 Trensue (1264) | 4 months ago | Thank you~ we are going to place the stone this weekend | |
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| | | | | | | | | 3. anniefannie (1338) | 4 months ago |  it sounds like a beautiful rock and i am glad you can find comfort in that .both of my parents are gone now and shave one stone after a marriage of 57 years too.i will always miss them, but i know they are in a better place now.
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| loss of my father
I find the things I miss most about my dad are the things that used to annoy me. Starting the... | |
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