Three pictures were taken at Ebenezer Cemetery today. This is Stan and Val's memorial bench. The top picture is the back, the middle picture is the front and in the last picture you see Stan sitting on the bench! It was raining/snowing when we took the pictures so Stan is bundled up! We all are very pleased with how it turned out. Actually, it exceeded our expectations. From the front you can see that under the bench, on the granite foundation, all of the children's names and birthdays are engraved. Two years ago today, Val went to the hospital for her only stay there during her last years. We miss her very much and will enjoy sitting on this bench enjoying the countryside that she loved so much thinking of her.
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Oh, the tears are coming again! How well I remember that long drive to Wisconsin and the really good days that we spent with Mom around Thanksgiving two years ago. Such wonderful, bittersweet times. It's good to welcome the bench as a place for us to come and be with Mom's spirit in the hills of Wisconsin. Thanks, Dad, for the post. Thanks, MB, for the photos and all the care that you put into this special space for all of us.
Love,
Wanda Jean
Papa, the bench turned out beautifully! It sure will be a great place to go and sit and look back on all our wonderful memories. I had lunch with Aunt Mary today when she came to Madison. Hope you are doing well! (I hear you have a new kitty...I'll read that post next.)
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