A decade later, a decade lost

Re:A decade later, a decade lost by anal_reactor on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:50AM (#43056703)

Yes, exactly my thought. The graveyard in my dad's hometown has a huge section just for small kids, because life in the country was tough, and that was normal.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by arrowsmith on Saturday February 15, 2025 @05:35AM (#43057506)

I remember once walking through a graveyard and seeing three names on a single headstone - three children, siblings who had all died on the same day. Below their names was a simple caption: "All gone".

I have no idea what the story is or how those children died, but I think about that headstone all the time, especially now I have a child of my own. So much grief, pain and tragedy conveyed so succinctly. I'm clenching my gut right now just thinking about it as I type.

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Re:A decade later, a decade lost by macintux on Saturday February 15, 2025 @11:53AM (#43059986)

Tangential, and I am reluctant to share this in an important thread about loss and grief, but an occasional hobby of mine is finding an interesting headstone during my travels and researching the story.

- https://opposite-lock.com/topic/28187/memorial-mysteries

- https://opposite-lock.com/topic/4273/the-milhon-brothers-sub...

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