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Question:Do you visit loved ones in the cemetery?

I bring my mom to visit with my dad sometimes. Of course it makes her sad, but she likes to sit and pray to me dad and I think it makes her feel closer to him.

Asked by springshine on 4/17/08 1 Answer»
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I do like to visit our family cemeteries, but mostly with other family members, like you are doing. Then it is a way for us to connect with each other in our memories and feelings about our family who have passed on. I never have a feeling that my family member is in the ground, but it is an emotional focusing of feelings about them.

Answered by: mml5252 on 7/4/08
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