Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Saturday, February 18, 2012

Two Important Factors In Selecting A Monument

By Duane Kuss


Granite Monuments Based Primarily On Style and Shape

Your goal in choosing a monument for your beloved is to take your memories and express them in the varied design methods available in granite. In this article we are going to explain how as well as the use of text, graphics, drawings and even images on your monument, the factors of style and shape will also convey a very important part of your memorial's message.

Your Monument's Shape

When talking of a monument's shape, you've many alternate ways to express your memories through creative means in the granite stone. One choice is through artistic carving, engraving, and diamond etching of the granite into statues, animals, flying eagles or sports symbols. Granite can be shaped to appear like almost anything you might imagine. Take the example of a family that wanted their memorial to physically represent their child who passed away in his teens. They chose to have a male, free form angel carved that was the exact height of their son and it stands along side the gravestone looking down on the grave site. Often historical themes are selected for the monument like gothic or victorian. This might include carving pillars or religious statues into the monument story. Other monuments have included granite carved race autos, basketballs, dice and even faces of the loved one.

Your Monument's Style



Will you monument represent a single or a companion gravesite? Will the graveyard allow above ground monuments with a maximum height? Are you interested by a flat or slanted stone face? There are many options to choose between in your monument's style. It will begin with your choice of color. Occasionally very refined changes in your stone's shape can make a dramatic change in the message it conveys. Choosing a polished, honed or naturally coarse finish can draw special attention to parts of the stone. Whether you choose a standard style or a highly unique one, the possibilities are almost infinite.




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