When We Remember Them......

WHEN WE REMEMBER THEM

(a snippet challenge write)

The dead are comforted

When we remember them

We keep the link

To our history

When we remember them

Visit their graves

And souls will sing

When we Remember Them.

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Comments: 39

Ruthi C. Jul 24, 2009, 4:36pm EDT

...and we mustn't e'er forget them.

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 24, 2009, 4:38pm EDT

Did you notice the date on the first stone? July, 1776. Amazing.....

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 24, 2009, 4:38pm EDT

History isn't so long ago....

Ruthi C. Jul 24, 2009, 4:43pm EDT

Yes, I sure did - you found several haunting history stones!

Sandi S. Jul 24, 2009, 5:43pm EDT

I noticed the date right away, Robert. She was born just days after Independence! It is hard to imagine that is so long ago.

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Madame Butterfly ~~ mary ann d ~~ Jul 24, 2009, 4:55pm EDT

Your poem is a prayer.

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Carrie Marie P. Jul 24, 2009, 4:59pm EDT

Carrie Marie P. Jul 24, 2009, 4:58pm EDT
I remember one time I was visiting Pikes Peak and saw several old women having lunch ontop of a really old grave site. I pulled over the jeep and asked them why they were eating there.
One lady who looked to be about 90 y/o told me, "This is where we live, we only came up for some fresh air."
I must've looked like I was going to faint.
She chuckled, "I have family buried here."
The tombstones were written in wood and somewhere, I have those rubbings. They were really old for the area.
She was right though, it is important remember them... I do believe it is comforting to them and to us.

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Richard Lynn Livesay Jul 24, 2009, 5:14pm EDT

You do what you do and it is done very well. You make us feel and that is good. Thanks

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 24, 2009, 5:22pm EDT

Thank you sir !!!

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marie Pinschmidt Jul 24, 2009, 5:22pm EDT

Nicely done. I'm remembering today because it's my late husband's birthday.

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 24, 2009, 5:47pm EDT

My thoughts and prayers for you today. May God Bless You!

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Randi Burnham-Brown Jul 24, 2009, 6:27pm EDT

These are interesting stones, some had a lot of money put into them.
I hope to be remembered someday.
I thought this was nice.
Carrie was too funny.

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 25, 2009, 10:04am EDT

The one of Kristen has an entire 5-stanza poem engraved on the backside of the stone. She was a graduating Conway senior when she died in 2007; it must have made the Myrtle Beach paper.

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Chas Andrews Jul 24, 2009, 6:31pm EDT

thank you for the poetry and the pics

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Jennifer Lee Jul 24, 2009, 8:26pm EDT

Sad snippet, but achieves your goal. My favorite image is the last one. I want that one for my head stone.

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Crystal T. Jul 24, 2009, 8:43pm EDT

Beautifully done! My brother passed years ago, although we don't have a stone for him, I remember him everyday, and more so now with this poem, thanks for the reminder

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 25, 2009, 10:05am EDT

you're very welcome.

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Jan S. Jul 24, 2009, 11:08pm EDT

This is lovely and thoughtful. We do remember our passed loved ones. We visit the cemeteries and leave a pebble on the gravestones.

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 25, 2009, 10:07am EDT

That's neat (the pebble thingy). And it is good to remember 'loved ones' but I've also found it comforting to, well we can't actually 'remember', but to stop by and spend a thought or two on the graves of the strangers.

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shelly f. Jul 24, 2009, 11:18pm EDT

this is so beautiful and pics are gr8 thanks for sharing this

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Dawn (a poet on the wall) Jul 24, 2009, 11:27pm EDT

i loved the poem. =) i loved the photos. it's always great to remember the departed ones.

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Dawn (a poet on the wall) Jul 24, 2009, 11:27pm EDT

fantabulously done pea 1

Robert - just a simple man - B. Jul 25, 2009, 10:08am EDT

Thank you pea 2. I have to say i'm enjoying this pod thingy with you. Think we could make room in the pod for cable. Football's coming up. lol.

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Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. Jul 25, 2009, 2:52am EDT

Great job!

Funny how just today I was thinking of one of my deceased Grandmothers.

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Shirley ♡ ☮ M. Jul 25, 2009, 2:55am EDT

Nice photo essay. I think of my deceased sister everyday.

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Kushal Poddar Jul 25, 2009, 7:17am EDT

A solemn prayer. Thanks my friend.

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Aunt Boni H. Jul 25, 2009, 8:08am EDT

A beautiful reminder, Robert. Thank you.
My mother has been gone 20 years this month. I remember her as if she was still standing here with me....making a fresh pot of coffee. Dad joined her in 2001. He'd be asking for someone to pass the sugar.

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Ann M. (Site Scryer) Jul 25, 2009, 8:55am EDT

Your poem prompted me to look into worldwide practices of ancestor veneration. Very interesting!

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Sharon P. Jul 25, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

Thanks Robert.

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Kathryn E. Jul 25, 2009, 1:44pm EDT

It is spooky to look at people who've died and realize they were born after I was...in one or two cases...

I do love cemetaries....and the really old ones make history come alive.

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