From
Geneology.net an appropriate sentiment for
one aspect of
what we do as the storytellers of our generation.
Each Generation has a family storyteller to pass
on the stories of our heritage. A tradition dating
back to before history was written. Though some family members
may roll their eyes as we mention excitedly of a new discovery
others in the family appreciate our efforts to discover and record
what we can of our past.
I especially like the last line in the following:
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This is a Cemetery
Lives are commemorated here, deaths are recorded,
Families are reunited, memories are made tangible,
and Love is undisguised...
In a Cemetery... communities accord respect, families bestow love,
historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched.
Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance
are engraved in stone to pay warm tribute to the accomplishments,
and to the life - not the death - of the loved one.
The Cemetery is the homeland for memorials
that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living.
The Cemetery is a history of people, the record of yesterday,
and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today.
The Cemetery is all this because every life is worth loving and
remembering always....
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Not a morbid look on death but a remembering of a life not to be forgotten.
regards
Michael Cheeseman
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