Returning to Dust...

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Cemetery's are soothing to my soul.... I used to work at one... but my love for cemetery's started back when I was a kid... I remember walking though a large cemetery with my cousins, that was close to my Grandma Frick's house.


Cemetery's are peaceful. A place where the past, and the present, and the future, come together. They are full of stories.... and memories of lives people lived.... -RK

We live within one mile of three cemetery's, and an old Indian burial mound. 


The Adena Burial Mound dates back to 160 BC and is the largest Adena burial mound in the state of Indiana.


The Swingley Cemetery, also known as Clevenger Cemetery dates back to 1799 and is just south of our house on our neighbors property. James Whicomb Riley, the famous poet's grandparents are buried here.

 "When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck."
- James Whitcomb Riley

*Riley Hospital for Children at IUH in Indianapolis, Indiana, is named for James Whitcomb Riley and was stated by the James Whicomb Riley Memorial Association Foundation. It is the hospital our son had brain surgery at, and we are grateful for the care he received there.


Stoney Creek Township Windsor Cemetery dates back to 1816 and is just north of our house at the 's' curve. It is a beautiful little cemetery with the original iron fence around it. In the spring and summer, you can find our oldest daughter sitting at her favorite spot, under a tree at this cemetery for hours. In the winter, it always looks so peaceful in a blanket of snow!

My favorite headstone...
The Old Terrel - Union Cemetery was in use in 1830. It is well cared for and still in use today. This is where I want to be laid to rest, beside my hubby some day. This cemetery is about one mile south of our house.

We have taken lots of bike rides down to this cemetery and many evening walks... it's the two youngest kids favorite!

I love this quote, taken from the book, 
Once Upon A Farm, by Rory Feek:

 "It isn't just the dirt and hay and grass that make up our land. The truth is, we are the land. In the end, we are. All of us. Just like the birds and the flowers and every living creature. We all are a part of the great circle of life. When the preacher says the words "ashes to ashes and dust to dust," that's what he means. There's a good bit of debate about where our soul goes when we die, but there's no debating where this shell we call a body ends up."


I think it would be lovely to have a small family cemetery on our land.... to have our home passed down through generations.... for my kin to visit me on the land that I love, when I'm gone. Unfortunately, that will probably never happen, but at least I will be close by.

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