xc - COTD1

As I was walking around the first cemetery I went to I saw all of the headstones and they were all ground level head stones. This made me contemplate why were these headstones at ground level rather then a traditional one? I also noticed that the headstones that were ground level did not have a lot of information on the person who had died. All you saw was their name. I immediately thought back to when we had our first guest speaker. He briefly talked about what would happen if no one would claim the body of love dead one. He said that the government would take care of it, and bury in a grave. I did some brief researched and I found that they also might cremate but scatter it in a area for unclaimed bodies. (http://www.weegy.com/?ConversationId=7E15KJBK)

I thought a lot about what kind of headstone I would want to have if I did choose a burial. I saw in the second cemetery they had extravagant head stones. I don’t even think they should be called head stones, but more of sculptures. I wish I could of taken a picture of this particular one but since it was to far back and we couldn’t go inside I could only describe it. It was a gravestone that was taller then 6 feet and it was a sculpture of an angel and she was standing on a big slab of stone under her, which I am assuming was the information regarding who had passed on. Why would someone choose this type of head stone?

In conclusion viewing all these cemeteries really made me want to plan my death and how I would want it instead of leaving it to the hand of the government or even worse my family. Personally if I want a burial I think that I will go with an extravagant headstone that is not like any other out there in the world. It makes people view your grave and think about the person underneath you.