Sunday, June 20, 2021

An indelible moment in a Montreal cemetery

Of blessed memory
Montreal, QC
June 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram


We visited my grandparents’ grave today.

As is our tradition, my wife and I left stones on each side of their shared headstone, a reminder that we were here, and their memory is cherished. As she left hers, my wife told them she loved their grandson. I think this memory will stay seared in my mind forever.

Zaidy Akiva and Bubby Rochel were the kind of grandparents every kid would be blessed to have, and I wish they could have met her.

I wish they could have heard me explain why I was taking this photo, and how I planned to share it. And tell a story. And hopefully make others smile and build a little community in the process. And apply the lessons they so artfully shared with me so many years ago.

Come to think of it, I wish many things.

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Related:
Scene from a cemetery, November 2019
Mournful, August 2010
At rest, January 2010

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