Although I submitted a few entries to the current challenge, it was half-hearted.  Nothing had really grabbed me.  I don't know if I was just missing inspiration or if it's because not only do I live in suburbia, it's a suburbia with tight sign restrictions.  Or maybe both?!?

Anyway, today I was out enjoying the freedom to just be out taking photos and was in Atlanta's historic Oakland cemetery, when it hit me I was surrounded by text.  Okay, maybe I'm stretching the sign thing a bit, but all around me are signs that we leave behind of our lives... I'll stop justifying my selection now and just get on with it...

To many, cemeteries are sacred places where we honor our  loved ones. The universal truths are revealed here.  And if you look around you, all the roles one may inhabit in their lives are recorded.

Mother   - Father

Husband - Wife

Daughter - son

Brother   - Sister

They are also testaments to our emotions.

Heart                     -  Grief
Memory Kept Alive  -  Serenity

No matter the plan for your mortal remains, life's one certainty is that    you will also one day be at rest.  Hope this presentation is not too morbid for some, but that was not the intention.  I found what were the most powerful signs to me.

Oh, and the most touching thing I may have seen was the source of the me graphic above this group of stones where the last to go in this family (back row - not a great shot), in her own irony, labeled herself.