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I love old cemeteries. I love all the monuments and sentiments previous generations left behind.
I know these monuments to loved ones must have cost a fortune, but still they built them.
To me it says, "I love you. You brought me joy, filled my heart and life, and I will never forget you."
Previous generations would visit the graves of loved ones regularly, to clean them, bring fresh flowers, and have picnics. Current generations don't do that. I find that sad.
I'm a three and a half hour drive from my closest family grave, and when I go home, I visit.
This past week, my sister drove to see me, so we visited this cemetery in Buffalo. It's beautiful and a tourist attraction.
The cemetery is full of hills and trees that are changing color for the Fall.
Tour guides dress up in period costume and give tours as famous people who are buried there.
I toured the old parts of the cemetery, then I toured the areas with more current burials.
Nobody is building monuments to loved ones like they used to.
I don't know if marble carving is now a lost art, of if the costs have simply risen beyond even a wealthy person's ability to erect them.
I find that sad. I wonder what future generations will think of what we left behind.
