As many of you know, we held a burial service for Carmen in upstate New York last week. Thankfully, we didn’t have to do much of the planning for this service as Dave and I were both exhausted from the past few weeks. We did, however, have to make one choice, the color of Carmen’s vault. With any color available, Dave chose orange since Carmen always looked wonderful in orange.
In case you don’t know (I didn’t), the vault is put into the ground and then the casket is placed inside the vault. Once in the ground, no one can see the vault. It’s just there to protect the casket.
At first, I thought choosing orange was strange but once I saw it I thought it was a great idea. Carmen did look wonderful in orange.
The cross on Carmen’s vault
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Keeping you all in my prayers!!
Beautiful.
I love you all. Miss you ^Carmen^, my darling sweet friend…
Always JUSTBELIEVE-ing and fighting for a Cure(s),
Becky
I just found out that Carmen has gone home…and after reading all of your posts from then until now I am crying and smiling and crying again. I am so so sorry for your loss. For the ache and hurt I know you and your family must be feeling. I am so overjoyed to picture Carmen running and singing and laughing. I wish I had words to help take away some of the pain….but instead I will pray for your peace and strength. Tonight I will tell my 10 year old son who has been praying for Carmen for years now. I will tell him that there is a new sound in heaven….a new beautiful little giggle that’s echoing off the clouds. Please accept our prayers and love…..and again, I am very sorry.
Love in Christ,
The Satterlees
I had no idea that a) it was painted or b) you would be given a choice on the color! Glad you did, though, and made a good choice.