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Picture of the day - January 20, 2009
"4 Wooden Crosses"
Photo by Cheria Rouse.
(Click the photo for a larger view.)
Cheria took a walk around our property yesterday morning, enjoying
the newly fallen snow that had fallen overnight and turned the place
into a beautiful winter wonderland. As usual, she had her camera in
hand, snapping picture after picture of anything and everything that
looked pretty with a layer of snow on it. When she got back in the
house, one picture in particular really caught our attention...
Over the years we have lost some dear friends, and five of them are
buried in our back yard beneath a large black walnut tree. Dog
lovers through and through, as our beloved pets passed away one by
one, we gave each of them a fitting burial and marked the graves
with wooden crosses that I had made in my woodshop. Why are there
only four crosses when we have lost five pets? Because two of them
were just pups when they passed away - a brother and sister - so we
buried them together since they were never apart during their
all-too-short lives.
Some people might think it rather silly to bury a pet and mark the
grave with a cross, but we feel they deserve the same respect upon
their passing as any other member of the family. So if you ever pay
us a visit, if you look way in the back of our yard down next to the
creek you'll see 4 wooden crosses - symbols of the joy they gave us
when they were with us and the memories they left us with when they
moved on.
Visitor Comments...
Name: Phyllis Helton
Town: Bristol, VA
Touching.
Name: Sarah Farris
Town: Dunwoody, GA
Wonderful photograph and a very moving narrative.
Name: Ron Trees
Town: Spokane, WA
Hi Rick. I can relate to Cheria’s picture and your comments today.
Although we do not have grave markers, each one of our pets has also
had a proper burial. We are also pet lovers and loosing a pet is
indeed like loosing a member of our family. It is amazing how close
we humans can get to our pets. Good job Cheria and thanks for some
good memories.
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