
This is one of my favorite photos of him. This is how he looked all the time, smiling that smile.

Donivan had planted this willow tree not long before he died. I saw this memorial ring in the Collections,Etc. catalog and just knew it was created to go around his tree. It's grown so much in 5 years. In the back of my mind I always thought when I move, I'd dig this up and take it with me. I wonder if that's even possible? I need to go clean up around his tree. My sister lives in my son's old home now, so I can go visit the tree anytime I want to. HossFly bought some white marble chips and those curved cement pieces to go around the tree, to set the memorial ring on. I'll need to scrub the ring up a little, and repaint it I think.

Do you believe in ghosts or spirits? I do. This old house is HAUNTED!! I don't care what other people say, it has to be true. There are more than a few people who refuse to spend another night here. We bought some solar lights to place around his headstone one year on his birthday. We went back one night after dark to check to see if they were working properly. They were :D I brought my camera, I usually take it every where we go. I wandered around all the graves in the dark, checking on my Granny and Grandpa, my uncles, aunts, my mother and father, and the too many tiny graves of all the babies in the family who died too young. I was snapping photographs one right after the other because it would hold something like 500 photos. It was time to leave and I turned to my son's grave and said "wave bye, Donivan" and this showed up. What does it look like? Well, of course I see what I want to see, that's obvious :D That's my son's grave on the left, my father in the middle, my mother on the right. Look at the mist at the top left of the photo.
((((Kudzu)))) ~ I am so sorry for your loss.
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Happy Birthday to your son. I hope he is resting peacefully.
ReplyDeleteThe tree and the memorial is a great idea. I have seen those markers and almost got one too.
I believe in ghosts too. I am sure he is around you if you feel him there.
I love watching Ghost Whisperer too.
It looks like an angel watching over them to me.
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