Last night I suddenly became aware that I hadn’t been to the cemetery since the day after my mom was buried. And that was about 6 weeks ago. She was buried with my dad at the National Cemetery. The original headstone for my dad was removed and a temporary placard was in it’s place. I was told it would be about 60 days for the new headstone to be engraved and installed. I decided to go out to visit the site today. On the way to the cemetery I stopped and got 2 dozen roses. When I arrived, I cut the stems down, got the little vases that are supplied by the cemetery, got some water, and headed over to the plot. I looked ahead down the long row, didn’t see any temporary placards, and got a little excited. As I came to the grave site, I saw that there was a new headstone. My dad’s information was on one side same as it had been and my mom’s was on the other with the words, “Forever in our hearts” as we had requested. The sun was shining bright on the new sparkly white stone. I felt a mixture of emotions – happy that the stone was in place and that it looked so nice, yet sad and suddenly aware of the reality that my mom is gone. I placed the flowers, said some prayers, let the tears flow, and just sat awhile. When I felt at peace, I headed home.

I Found God today in a mixture of emotions and the prompting to visit the cemetery.