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| Nanniekim |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 1:36:12 PM
I have 2 sweet grandsons that were just too pure to stay here on earth so they have returned to their Heavenly Home. We have a wonderful cemetery here that lets you decorate the gravesites and leave the decorations up as long as they are off of the grass. We have put solar lanterns, angel statues and silk flowers next to the boys headstones. On Memorial Day we put small flags that we leave all summer. On their birthdays we always visit the cemtery.
Yesterday was one of the birthdays so my daughter and I made our usual visit. When we arrived the gravesites were stripped clean of everything! Sometimes the little angels have been moved to other areas in the cemetery like a little child had picked them up and placed them by the gravesite they were visiting. We just pick them up and put them back where they belong. After a walk around the cemetery, we couldn't find any of our missing items. I would maybe think it was wind but these items have been there for over 5 years.
I'm not mad just surprised. I'm sure those who took the items weren't thinking about how the family would feel when they found the things missing.
Thanks for listening to me vent.
Kim |
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| Nanniekim |
Posted - Aug 07 2011 : 8:56:31 PM
Thanks everyone. Hopefully whoever took the items really needed them and didn't just throw them away. The only things that were of sentimental value were the 2 angels. My dad had found one when our first little angel passed and then when the second one passed away he searched to find a matching angel. We have decided to replace the angels and not tell my dad since I know he would have a hard time with it. (My parents live in California and my dad has a hard time with that long of a trip.) We have plenty of other things to replace the missing items and will do it this week.
Thanks again everyone for your support. I feel the back pats and hugs as I read your posts. Farmgirls really are the best!
Kim |
| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Aug 06 2011 : 12:51:45 PM
Kim, I am so sorry you had to go through that. Could you check with the grounds keeper to see if they have seen the missing items?
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Aug 06 2011 : 07:23:55 AM
I am so very sorry to hear of this mindless and thoughtless acts... They had a piece on the news about sprinklers are being stolen from cemetaries because they are copper and can be sold. However, removing personal items is unforgivable. I think there will be a special place for folks like that when it is their turn to cross over. Inge I know of what you speak - several of my native american friends have shared with me their beliefs and as I said there will be judgement when it is there turn.
Do not give up Kim - I would replace the items and give thanks for your love you show to your sweet one's who have passed. Blessings and Light
Grace Gerber
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| adnama |
Posted - Aug 05 2011 : 1:54:27 PM
The native americans that I am familiar with have a belief that to take things off of a grave site or from a cemetary is one of the most dangerous things that one can do. It invites some terrible retributions that made the woman telling me this shudder. These things are there for the peace it provides to both the family and the deceased, heaven help those that disturb the peace. |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Aug 05 2011 : 1:47:44 PM
It's awful,and I'm so sorry that you've experienced the very callous nature of people these days. Can't seem to just leave things be, can they? The cemetery where my grandmother and 3 generations of my family are buried has the same issue. Unfortunately, there aren't many full time attendants anymore at cemeteries, and they don't seem to lock the gates like they used to so people come and go at all hours.
We buy things at the thrift store now and again so that if it goes missing, we didn't have a huge attachment to it. I learned my lesson after I bought my grandmother (who everyone called Little Hare) a sweet cement garden bunny and found it smashed into bits. Broke my heart and made me VERY angry that people can't leave things alone.
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 6:39:35 PM
Kim:
Very sad. When my parents died, we placed brass names on their head stones. The very next day they were all ripped out.
Made me very mad. The second set was also ripped off. We finally got new head stones and carved their names.
Sorry it happened to you.
Marly
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| Annika |
Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 5:56:16 PM
Oh Kim! That is so awful! It has happened here too. Truly, what creepy people to steal from a grave 
I'm so very sorry for this cruel crime and for the loss of your grandbabies.
Warm farmgirls hugs to you!
Annika
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| texdane |
Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 5:47:01 PM
Oh! How sad to have lost two grandbabies! How awful that things weren't left as you had put them.
What kind of 'fall things' do you use to decorate them, and could you use some more?
Nicole
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| Nanniekim |
Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 5:32:21 PM
Thanks for all the farmgirl hugs! I really appreciate it.
No, many of the other sites had flowers and decorations. Oh well, time to start gathering some cute Fall things from my stash for the boys. They won't be bare for long.
Thanks so much!
Kim |
| laurentany |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 8:59:48 PM
I'm sorry that has happened to you. Its really terrible and I just will never understand how a person could do such a thing. Hugs sent to you. Its just terrible and I'm sorry you had to experience it. Did it seem like the other gravesites were "bare"? Perhaps the cemetery changed the ground rules? I would definately inquire with the groundskeepers.
Hugs,
~Laurie
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| melody |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 8:33:15 PM
It happens a lot...How sick is that?
Melody
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 4:46:57 PM
So sad that the babies are in heaven. So mean that people take the tokens from the gravesites. I had this happen to my Dad's grave and I felt so violated by it.
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| maggie14 |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 2:15:53 PM
Kim, I am so sorry that happened to you! I'm sorry to say that it happens all the time at our cemetery. :( Sometimes even the headstones get knocked over or broken.
Anyway, you sure have a right to vent! Can't believe some people would do even think of doing that.
Hugs,
hannah
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 1:40:56 PM
Kim, I'm sorry that you had to deal with someone being so insensitive! That's terrible! They obviously weren't thinking about the family at all when they took that stuff. People can be so mean. :( Makes me angry. You have every right to vent!
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