Walking Through Memories

We traveled to a nearby memorial last weekend, a memorial garden really.

It is, after all, the main purpose of a cemetery, besides the obvious.

We have a fair amount of family in this location. I could say at least one left this world too soon, just as she was beginning to understand the springboard of her future she was standing on. And it would be true. When a parent has to let go, it is not easy, it is not clean, it is not quick, but it is necessary.

It is necessary because there is no progress if a survivor allows himself or herself to remain in one point in time.

Our experience is beg...