Graveyard Visits
For as long as I can remember, my mom would go around to all of the family graves for each major holiday and put flowers. Of my mother's 3 daughters, I was the only one who enjoyed doing this with her. I can actually distinctly remember the last time she ever made my two older sisters go but I will get to that a bit later. I have very fond memories of visiting each grave and paying our respects and after I moved 800 miles away from where I grew up I really missed doing so with my mom. This past Christmas the kids and I spent the holiday up with my mom. I was so excited to visit the graves for Christmas and made my mom promise not to do it until I could be there. It made me feel good to be there for this tradition. This is for my grandmother and grandfather: This is for my much beloved great-aunt: This is for my aunt (my cousin had also been there): This is for my grandmother's best friend who was always part of our family in love and also was my