Five Miles Down the Road part 2

Last September we finally set out to design our headstone. Stone prices had gone up since we last purchased the one my husband bought for my mother and stones were in all shapes and sizes now. We made the appointment and set down with the monument designer. That day was just one of four appointments to get the design right. We opted out of the black granite and changed it to gray. Then we wanted a ruff rock look. The artist had to come back twice on our cattle brand because he just didn't get right at first. Anyway , when the final papers came for us to agree the okay in the design, we thought it would take no time to get it made.....Wrong! October came and went, November, December, January. The stone took a while to get, cut, polish, and the etch. Then the first of March, they called and said our headstone was ready and they needed to verify the cemetery address and our plot numbers. That part was easy. "Five miles down the road", in the quite country cemetery is where  my husband purchased ten plots , all in one row. He buried my mother there and each of our daughters and husbands and our three grandchildren will have the others to use if they need them. The last two on the end of the roll is where one of my sisters and her husband will be buried.
Its always been our answer to anyone who ever asked us where we will move when we retire....Five miles down the road", was always our answer.
 Well, getting back to our headstone, the morning of delivery and set up finally came. I drove down and opened the gates for the truck and I was able to see them set our stone in place. Very interesting to watch, but in a bitter sweet way.

I never knew that under each corner a coin is placed to help the cement putty set level.

The Front

The Back

Our Corner stones

Our Brand...The Broke4"

Not everyone gets to see their own headstone, but for those that have been through this, you know how we feel. Its the last of our final plans. Our finances are paid, our wills are made, our plots and funerals were purchased and planned, and now the last thing to do.....our headstones were set up. We are so thankful that these burdens will never be made by our children. Its something no one should leave for a child to stress over as they say goodbye to their parents.We are very blessed to not have to put that on our daughters. They will always know where our souls are. With our Lord and Savior, where we will see them again. But in the mean time, they will know where our earthly bodies are..."Five Miles Down the Road"