Interesting photo

This photo of a woman's gravestone was taken by my wife (who granted me permission to use it) in a graveyard in Johnstown, PA, when she was visiting the graves of her parents.

What's interesting about this photo is that this woman, Carylyn Clark, is still alive--she was born in 1959--so she is currently 49 years old. What's also interesting is that her sister--who is 48 years old, is also included.

The woman also includes that fact that she was the "5 time PA. state baton champion," as evident in her picture holding one of her trophies.

I'm wondering why someone who is relatively young would have already created a gravestone for herself, as well as for her sister, as well as written part of her obituary that references her primary achievement in life as being a baton champion.

Perhaps she wanted to make sure that when she does die, that her gravestone has already been created so that no one else need to do that for her or spend the money on a gravestone. Perhaps she wanted to make sure that she will be remembered for being the "5 time PA. state baton champion," certainly no mean feat.

How people think about or cope with their inevitable death is always a complex mystery, but we do know that when Carolyn Clark does die, that she will be remember for what she was, "5 time PA. state baton champion"