Honoring Violet
Before Piper was born Missy and I wanted to do something special for her that would last for a lifetime and be something she could share with her kids. Missy found that the Atlanta Aquarium, when being built, took in donations by allowing the public to invest in a “Fish Scale” that would be displayed prominently on a large digital wall. The Fish Scales are about the size of a hand and we had Pipers name and birth date inscribed on hers. Every time we have been back to the aquarium we always take a minute to find her personalized scale.
Violet arrived after the aquarium was built so we have been on the lookout for something similar to honor her with as well. Missy found that the Duluth town center was repaving their sound stage and much of the funding was found in donations from the public. In turn for the donation the donor was able to inscribe something onto the brick. This was the perfect opportunity for us. During the Fall Festival we purchased a brick with Violet’s name and birth date on it.
Since the work on the square has been ongoing we weren’t sure when the brick might get placed so that we could see it. Recently I stopped in and found that it had been installed.
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awww that is really cool. i like that you guys have done that for the both of them!
That’s awesome! We planted trees for each of our children. It’s perhaps not as permanent (or obvious) as the bricks, but it worked into all the appropriate symbolism for us. Balthazar got the Rowan Tree and Sorscha got the Linden Tree.
Next time we hit these spots, we’ll look for your names.
Missy told me about the town square brick a while back, I’m really glad to see it up. Next time we are around maybe we can take Violet there with gramma and grampa.