A Bittersweet Holiday to Remember (Croisdale)
By NY) The Niagara Falls Reporter (Niagara Falls
- Release Date: 2011-01-04
- Genre: Reference
Description
You've probably heard the story of the "dash" right? It's offered in a friendly way, but it's meant as a bit of a warning as to the importance of not squandering your life in the pursuit of the wrong things. The story tells the tale of what is chiseled into almost every headstone that lines the manicured rows of cemeteries everywhere. There's a person's birth date, along with the date of his or her passing. In between lies a dash. The simple mark represents the sum total of one's life. Every minute of every hour of every day is contained within that dash. All of life's achievements and all of its disappointments reside there. The joy, the tears, the insufferable madness--it's all depicted by one singular hammer and chisel mark.
