Here's me and the kids at her grave.
(and there's that stupid farking dog! meh)
So, the cemetary people cemented her marker in, but it was plastic and it faded and the name peeled off.
So I think the funeral home made a metal plate for her grave.
I'd like to take out the cement plastic one, and cement in the metal one!
It looks sorta weird now.
oh well.
Really, I'd like to get a marble grave stone, engraved yanno??
But it's over $300 and that's alot of $$ that we have not been able to afford..... : -(
It'd be nice to have a NICE marker, instead of this cheap one.
Maybe for her 10th birthday?!?!!
That is so horrible, makes me feel like I"m not "taking care" of her.....
Alex's first time at Amanda's grave.
He wasn't too sure what to think of it.
And he prompty broke her cross, that my dad made.
So Charlie fixed it for me!!
This picture really bothers me.
Charlie shouldn't be posing by his sister's grave.
He should be running and playing with her, tormenting her, teaching her to play baseball, etc.
But instead he's posing by her grave.
how utterly sad.
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first of all, the first pic made me giggle a little b/c i can't believe the freaking dog even managed to get in the picture! WTF!
next, adorable lil AL, what a nice pic, and i agree with connie, it's fitting for the lil bro to break and big bro to fix, but yes I can see how that pic of charlie is so heartbreaking. the other two, they don't so much know what they lost since they weren't even created, but charlie has walked the path with you guys. *sniffy*
yah, I guess it has been a hard time all around these days...hugs back!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Memorial-Marker-Chi
In your previous post RE: stopping by Amanda Joy's gravesite, I was thinking that's the Lord showing you life moves on. Yanno, doggie drama, breakage drama, etc. And that your love for Amanda Joy will never fade. I think it's sweet.
Thanks for sharing. (((hugs)))
I don't have much, but if you ever decide to purchase a marker, I would be honored to contribute something to help with the cost.
Hugs and peace to you today.
My dad thought it looked bare, so he went out to the shop and made the cross and painted it, and put it on her grave, and then when I went there, it was just there....he told me about it later when I asked where it came from.
I think it was his way of doing *something* for his granddaughter.....some small way for him to express HIS own grief.
Makes me cry to think of him crafting it, all alone in his shop, and maybe shedding a tear or 2 for her.......
thanks for the offer for the marker, help....I appreciate the gesture!! HUGS!!!
I am so sorry hun :(
Thinking of you this week. I know that you have wanted to go to her grave site for a while, so I am glad that you were able to do that.
It is just sad and not fair to me that while I have a friend who at the age of 34 just experienced the loss of her grandfather and that is the first time she has had anyone in her family die, you and so many others have had to experience the loss of a child. My heart breaks for Charlie as he still misses Amanda, yet the joy I get as I see pics and hear you stories of him loving on and taking care of Hope and Alex.