The Marker

It is bitter sweet to share my son's monument. The carving turned out beautifully. Dh's friend did an excellent job desingning the image with the influence of the monkey's in his room and a stuffed monkey that sat in his room. The carver did an excellent job interupting the design into stone. The stone was laid in time for decoration day at the cemetary. 
  (interupted by motherhood) 
Like most events surrounding Harrison's death I am struck with anxiety from frea of my own reactions. I was so afraid to see his name etched on a "tomb stone".  The previous few visits I was afraid to walk into the cemetary to see his stone and afraid that I would hate it or regret the design.  In the end what upset me was seeing my own name etched out in a cemetary.

Thank you to everyone that helped us decide on the personalization of his stone.