epitaph

I recently went west to Concord, CA, for the funeral of an old friend. Even though it is over 400 miles out of my way, I made a pilgrimage down to Los Angeles to pay my respects at Sari's final resting place. It is one of the oldest and biggest cemeteries in that city. She has a little marker, as does her daddy, who died when Sari was 11, and her mama, who survived her daughter by 7 years.

Her marker reads: Sari Anne Gacsaly
1954 - 1979
Sari possessed a constant, noble, loving nature,
Filled with grace and beauty.

To sum up a human being and their life in just 12 words...Well, her family did not have forever to consider her epitaph, and I don't know how anyone could have said it any better in 12 words.

Those words on the marker are so true, but if someone who did not know Sarie read them, they could not begin to know how true those words are.