Many of us have dealt with the loss of a loved one and know how very difficult it is. A Facebook share on a friend's page caught my eye and I knew I had to help get the word out to see if we could get the nearly 150 lb missing gravestone returned to the cemetery.
Memorial Day Weekend is coming up the end of this week, are you ready? Besides getting ready for your picnics, camping and opening up the cabin, you also need to remember why the day exists. Every year I forget to do my family duty until the last minute. This year, you're helping me remember. Since I'm blogging about it, I'm also getting it done earlier than ever before.
My father died when I was seven, my mom passed in 2000 and at the time I told her I would continue her tradition of fresh flowers in the cemetery basket for her and dad. As I put that into prospective, she drove past the cemetery every day to work and it was easy for her to stop and water the plants in the cemetery basket. I rarely pass by the cemetery now that I am not living in the area and th