Los Angelitos

Last week, on October the 28th, the kids and I went up behind our local cemetary and built a cairn for Christopher. Little boy wanted a birthday party for him so Christopher could invite his spirit friends. So we made a cake and had a pinata.


Today we celebrated Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the cairn.




We included the 4 elements - air (we all wrote something on the crepe paper, which blows in the wind), water (a dish to catch rain), fire (candles), and earth (food and flowers). White flowers for the baby angels (angelitos), orange and pink flowers for the others (assorted relatives, friends and pets).





I read a poem (some words changed from someone else's poem), while the kids placed some items:


In the cool of the mountains
when evening draws in
Serenity waits
where the shadows begin




In the fragrance of dusk
and the murmur of breeze
The cares that we carry
fade into the trees





Nature in fullness
sheds blessings about
And the turmoil of living
fades quietly out





Hope glimmers through
with the evening star
Sorrows recede
in the darkness afar




Big girl helped me figure out how to download photos onto the computer, good thing she's here since hubby is gone - I am so technologically blonde! They do my cell phone, camera, computer, tv remotes, ect.



In theory, I didn't think that not having a grave would be a big deal. And until know, I havn't missed it. But now that we have a place for Christopher, I am finding myself thinking about it all the time, wanting to go and sit there, leave a flower. Just sit, mostly. We had deer with us while were putting our things around the cairn. It's a beautiful spot.