tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post4297985769462328891..comments2024-03-03T12:52:18.548-05:00Comments on Magpie Musing: GraveMagpiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-71089039808372454132007-07-15T22:10:00.000-04:002007-07-15T22:10:00.000-04:00We live on a street that dead ends onto a back ent...We live on a street that dead ends onto a back entrance of Forest Hills Cemetery, a cemetery designed in the "park" fashion by Frederick Law Olmstead. The older section of the cemetery is littered with little limestone markers called "baby" with the year, and that's it. No DOB, no DOB.BipolarLawyerCookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718892727028970068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-3557648331875034902007-07-15T13:42:00.000-04:002007-07-15T13:42:00.000-04:00This Memorial Day, my mom and I went to decorate t...This Memorial Day, my mom and I went to decorate the grave of her brother who was stillborn in 1943. There was a very elderly couple there, helping each other along, carrying three bouquets of fresh flowers. They knelt at each of three graves, pulling the grass from around each stone, polishing away the grime with Windex and a towel. <BR/>They had lost three boys in infancy, 1943, 1944, 1946. It was heartbreaking.<BR/>Having just lost my own first baby, I was somehow comforted to see that Mama and Daddy remembering their precious ones. They were sharing a sad task with all of us in the "baby" section of the cemetery, a task my mom and I carry out for my now deceased grandmother, who always longed for the two she lost.<BR/>We never forget, no matter how little time we had with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-45675363922931409082007-07-12T20:14:00.000-04:002007-07-12T20:14:00.000-04:00When I lived in Rhode Island I went to a cemetery ...When I lived in Rhode Island I went to a cemetery with graves from the 1600s sometimes to, you know, hang around and be morbid. I remember all the children, sometimes all with the same name (e.g. John) from one or another family, children dying one after another. Can you imagine?Antropólogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720065905801369495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-16365730558565226772007-07-11T12:31:00.000-04:002007-07-11T12:31:00.000-04:00I am a total gravewalker and I try to remember tho...I am a total gravewalker and I try to remember those little ones when I can. It was a different time, but I'm sure her parents carried in their hearts her secret name.NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-33155078177793931622007-07-10T23:16:00.000-04:002007-07-10T23:16:00.000-04:00Totally totally sad.Totally totally sad.Aureliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-56885571373600817172007-07-10T17:29:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:29:00.000-04:00So sad -- there are many of those when you're look...So sad -- there are many of those when you're looking at graves that old, too. Those graves have always made my heart hurt -- even before I had my own babies.Maewen Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740660002168077471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-60397970870473160392007-07-10T17:12:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:12:00.000-04:00Those children's headstones get me every time. I ...Those children's headstones get me every time. I don't think I could NOT give the child a name. Even if I miscarried, I would name the child. For me, it would give a name to the loss.painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-87364188705351297342007-07-10T14:42:00.000-04:002007-07-10T14:42:00.000-04:00I love gravewalking, but this kind is terrible. It...I love gravewalking, but this kind is terrible. It's even worse to see a whole row of children from the same family.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31542820.post-45531476849023241602007-07-10T13:26:00.000-04:002007-07-10T13:26:00.000-04:00Yes, somehow I think it would be a little less hea...Yes, somehow I think it would be a little less heartbreaking if her parents had at least given her a name.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.com