Today, I brought the design for my Mom's gravestone to the monument company here in Chippewa Falls. Anyway, my Mom had a tattoo on her ankle. She was 74 years old when she got this tattoo. This picture depicts the design I created to be engraved on her headstone. (By the way, Mom's ashes are at my sister Wendy's.) We will have a service at the graveside at Mount Hope Cemetary in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. Mom will rest next to her parents, my Grampa Ed and Gramma Babe. I am sure it will be a difficult and sad time.
So, Mom was married to (not our Dad, her second marriage) to Aquila Northeast. He was known as "Quill". Mom's tattoo was a compass with a quill pointing to the north east. Very clever, don't you think? The image I created is not exactly like her tattoo, but I think she would approve.
I miss my Mom so much. Although we did not see each other as often as I would have liked, we DID talk on the phone all the time, and e-mailed almost everyday. I still have the last e-mail she sent me...it was August 26th, the day before her second knee surgery. Who would have known...four days later...
The grieving continues...
2 comments:
Hi Nee Nee,
Love, love, love Gramma's headstone. FYI....Gramma and I came up with that idea for a tattoo whilst having a Miller Lite on the deck at Sunnyside. Gramma had been mentioning things she wanted to do before she died (which I thought would be long after me) and I told her she should get a tattoo. She loved the thought of it and we spent hours deciding what to get and she and I came up with that idea. We drew it out and everything...wish I would have saved the drawing. I miss her very much, every day. I know Gramma would love it!! I love you. Say Hi to Uncle Fred (and Kenny) -----Stac
Hi, I'm Cyn's other sister...you know, the one she never mentions. Anyway, the tattoo and gravestone is perfect.
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