Weekly Reflection #3

This week was a whole new look at Spring Grove Cemetery. Although a bumpy ride, the tram was a new and awesome experience. I had a lot of fun seeing everything at once and not getting lost doing so. Also, I had heard a lot about how beautiful and diverse it is and had seen portions of this beauty in the small sections I explored, but I had never actually ridden around the entire cemetery to appreciation what was there. It is incredibly diverse when looking at it on a larger scale. There are tomb stones mixed with monuments, mixed with mausoleums. There were above ground crypts, below ground crypts, and symbols from all different cultures and religions. There is new laser designed architecture mixed with the old stone engravings facing all different directions. I noticed a section that consisted mainly of an angel theme which was beautiful to look at. The most awesome aspect of this cemetery is that it is not limited to one religion like many of the others are such as St. Johns where catholic is dominated. Not only that, the flower décor and plant life is gorgeous. The forest area was very cool also. It had kind of a mystical feeling to it, like I was riding threw the scary part of a haunted movie. My most favorite thing to see is new flowers on a grave and I noticed many. It is so nice to see people actually coming back and taking the time to appreciate and acknowledge the loved ones they lost.