Serenity

At first I was a little apprehensive about going to a cemetery to read a book about grief. It was an awkward concept to go to a place where people who have walked the earth before you are currently underneath you. Then I decided to deviate from the book for a little and try to take in my atmosphere first. I looked around at the different tombstones examining the life instead of the death. A lot is contained on a tombstone that is there for one to discover about the life that was that is currently underneath. One example would be a tombstone that was very ornate. It was well polished making it shine and glimmer. It was massive and on the front was a picture of the man who lay beneath. This man's life was marked with wealth and success. It was evident in the tombstone that was erected in his honor. Then there were a couple that told of a tragic story. There was a family ploy where all the family was buried together and off to one side there were two tombstones that looked as if they were cradles and they contained the remains of two children who had died at the same time since their graves were marked with the date of the deaths of the two children. See the picture that is attached. The more I looked at the history of all the people the more I began to connect with the book that we are required to read. It made the words leap off the pages and the depth of all his pain became more real to me. In the story his words have begun to take on a life of its own. This man as he unloads his pain in the form of writing I am able to now feel it with both my mind and my heart and it makes sense to me.