After months of online searching and researching and then actual lot-shopping and test-driving, I bought a Honda CRV. Not the top of the line by any means but enough features to make me feel like I have moved up 8 years since my last new car. I got 33 mpg driving home from Columbus today and that made me feel good. It has great safety ratings and it was way roomier than I thought it would be.
All in all, I am happy. The kids are happy. Mom is driving something dependable. I don't ever want to worry my kids. So I have a new CRV. I love my kids for caring about my safety.
Sable created a bit of a stir last night. She ran off. She came back hot and tired but she was gone a good while and that is not like her. I know she needs more attention than I am giving her so I treated her to a ride in the old Dakota tonight. She must miss that so much. She and Ed spent hours riding around scouting.
We drove to the cemetery to spend some quiet time with Ed's spirit. I have been working with the monument company to design something special for Ed's (and eventually my) headstone. Other than helping my mom to pick out my dad's headstone, I have absolutely no experience in this. Well, I guess most of us don't until we are placed in the situation.
Last summer we took a trip through Northern NY and into Quebec, visiting the sites where my ancestors are buried. I studied those headstones. They told a story. I had never noticed before but both my maternal and paternal grandparents' headstones had praying hands holding a Rosary. You could look around both of their cemeteries and see the faith beliefs of the families represented there. I liked that.
In designing this monument, I learned that a headstone is truly the last physical indication that the person or couple buried there walked this earth. The stone, in just a few words and design elements, captures the essence of the persons' lives. It will tell a story for hundreds of years. I am incorporating an etching of our farm into the design along with a verse from Ecclesiastes. It was our favorite.
I want to get it right.
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I am sure you will get it right. It's a difficult last "gift" you do for your loved one. Memorial Day I like to walk through headstones & read the stories.
ReplyDeleteLuAnn , CRV is excellent choice ,for headstone maybe e-mail BSHannon on Ag Cafe as she had a very fitting one done for her husband John that depicted his life in farming-kevin in Ontario
DeleteMy mom, who is in her late 60's bought a Honda car just before moving to the grandkids in El Dorado ks. We are all glad she did because she still drives a lot, long distance too, and we are happy she is safe and comfortable. She also found a reputable christian mechanic so that eases my mind quite a bit.
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