Memories

Almost every Memorial Day weekend, City Boy and Janbaby come to visit. This is a highlight of our year. We actually take the weekend off and fish, play cards, toss corn bags, watch City Boy's home movies and Janbaby and I go search for local geocaches.

What I like best about geocaching is finding cool places, right next door, that you might otherwise miss. The cache at the Endecott Meeting House was just that sort of place.

Located east of Cynthiana across the road from the current Indian Creek Baptist Church, the Endecott Meeting House was established in 1790 by the Indian Creek settlers. It later became the Indian Creek Baptist Chuch in 1852 and served as such until 1965.

The Endecott Meeting House is known as the oldest active house of worship west of the Alleghenies. Many of the early pioneers of the area rest here, including several Revolutionary War soldiers.

There is a lovely old cemetery there surrounded by an old wrought iron fence and interspersed with ancient trees and beautiful grave markers. The lamb on this grave stone has watched over a baby girl since 1859.



I love how the light appears to fall just on the moss covered lamb.



There were no plastic flowers or factory made wreaths.



But a tin can of roses had been carefully placed on one marker. It was the most heartfelt memorial bouquet I've ever seen.



I know we don't like to think about our final resting place, but a wonderful old country cemetery, shaded by trees, some of which have grown for so many years they've engulfed an iron fence, with a tin can of hand picked flowers placed with care on a hand carved marker?

Amen.