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Gratitude at the Graveside: A Green Burial Story

5/1/2020

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by Jennifer Downs (previously published with Green Burial Maryland)

I drove into the cemetery just as the service was to begin after passing through a bleak neighborhood in Baltimore. It was a grey day and large trees reached into the sky, birds chirped as I gazed at the expanse of green space with a stone wall surrounding us. Standing with a large group of friends and family around the freshly dug grave, I looked around and found myself sighing with ease. I teared up at the reality of what I know this family had gone through while also mourning the loss.


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    • Green Burial and Covid-19
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      • Articles Archive
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